Obituary

Ralph A. Austen, historian of Africa and a ‘scholar’s scholar,’ 1937-2024

Champion for UChicago workshops remembered for his deep curiosity, dedication to community and family

McKim Marriott, world-renowned scholar of India and caste, 1924-2024

UChicago anthropologist, PhD’55, exemplified the ‘undaunted life of the mind’

George Haley, acclaimed critic of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, 1927‒2024

Colleagues recall UChicago scholar’s work as ‘unique for its quality: not volcanic but everlasting’

David B. Rowley, geologist who overturned conventional wisdom about Earth’s surface evolution, 1954–2024

David Ballantyne Rowley, Professor Emeritus in UChicago’s Department of the Geophysical Sciences, who specialized in paleoaltimetry, paleogeography, and tectonics, died May 30.

Donald Whitcomb, renowned scholar of Islamic archaeology, 1944‒2024

UChicago scholar, alum ‘redefined the discipline’ through his fieldwork across the Middle East