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Chancellor Dirks lauds Simpson, who died this week at the age of 93, as “a larger-than-life figure” and “passionate supporter” of UC Berkeley.
Obituaries archive
Coral reef expert David Stoddart has died at 77
December 11, 2014: David Ross Stoddart, one of the world’s leading authorities on coral reefs and coastal geomorphology and a geographer of international renown, died on November 23rd in Berkeley following a long period of declining health. A professor emeritus of geography, Stoddart was 77.
Education professor Barbara White dies at age 64
November 18, 2014: Professor Barbara White, a faculty member at UC Berkeley for 25 years whose broad ranging academic background encompassed education, computer science, psychology, and mathematics, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 64.
Campus mourns the loss of David Wessel, pioneer in music and science
October 20, 2014: David L. Wessel, who forged new territory in the arena of cognitive science, computer programming and music, has died at the age of 72. He was a leader in the campus’s Center for New Music and Audio Technology and its music department.
Labor economist Lloyd Ulman passes away at age 94
September 23, 2014: Economist Lloyd Ulman, a leading figure in labor economics and industrial relations, also focused on social justice.
Campus takes a moment to remember those lost
September 16, 2014: As 30 white doves circled overhead and a lone bagpiper played “Amazing Grace,” the UC Berkeley campus took a moment on Monday to remember more than 90 members of the campus community who died over the last year.
In memoriam: Susanna Castillo-Robson, longtime administrator and advocate for the disabled
September 12, 2014: Susanna “Susie” Castillo-Robson, 62, who served as registrar and associate vice chancellor for admissions and enrollment and was deeply engaged in issues of disability and access, passed away on Sept. 1.
Campus to honor those lost in the past year
September 10, 2014: The campus community will gather in memory of staff, students, faculty, emeriti and retirees who passed away during the last year, on Monday, Sept. 15, from noon to 1 p.m. at the campus flagpole just west of California Hall.
Former dean and criminal law giant Sanford Kadish dies at 92
September 8, 2014: Former Berkeley Law Dean and Professor Emeritus Sanford Kadish, one of the world’s foremost criminal law scholars, died Friday, Sept. 5, in Berkeley. He was 92.
Chemist and Manhattan Project alum Robert Connick has died at 97
September 2, 2014: Chemistry professor emeritus Robert E. Connick, who studied the chemistry of plutonium while working on the Manhattan Project during World War II, died peacefully at his home in Kensington on Aug. 21. He was 97.
Campus to honor those lost in the past year
August 26, 2014: The campus community will gather in memory of staff, students, faculty, emeriti and retirees who passed away during the last year, on Monday, Sept. 15, from noon to 1 p.m. at the campus flagpole just west of California Hall.
Authority on Soviet economy, Gregory Grossman, passes away
August 25, 2014: Economist Gregory Grossman was considered a a towering figure in the study of the Soviet economy who shaped the thinking of generations of scholars.
Earl ‘Budd’ Cheit, longtime campus leader and Haas School luminary, dies at 87
August 7, 2014: The former business-school dean held a number of key roles at UC Berkeley, including as executive vice chancellor (1965-69), athletic director (1993-94) and trustee of the University of California Berkeley Foundation. He also served as vice president of financial and business management for the UC system from 1981-82.
Professor and nuclear chemist Heino Nitsche has died at 64
July 17, 2014: Heino Nitsche, professor of chemistry and LBNL senior scientist, passed away unexpectedly at home July 14. A native of Germany, Nitsche was a nuclear chemist who focused on the synthesis and chemistry of superheavy elements. He was part of a team that confirmed superheavy elements 114 and 117, so far unnamed
Bruno Zumino, an architect of supersymmetry, dies at 91
June 24, 2014: Bruno Zumino, a professor emeritus of physics who was best known for developing supersymmetry, a theory now considered as a leading candidate for explaining the fundamental forces of nature, died Sunday, June 22, at his home in Berkeley. He was 91.
In memoriam: Anthony Bulloch, scholar of Hellenic literature
May 30, 2014: The longtime Berkeley scholar devoted himself especially to undergraduate teaching, offering high-enrollment lecture courses in Greek myths and religion as well as a large number of freshman seminars.
May 31 memorial for late mathematician Robert Coleman
May 27, 2014: The mathematics department has organized a May 31 celebration of the life and work of Robert Coleman, a mathematician who died March 24 at 59. The event will take place at the Bancroft Hotel, 2-4 p.m. Coleman fought multiple sclerosis with great bravery for 29 years.
Steven Goldman, scholar of economic theory and mathematical economics, dies at age 72
May 13, 2014: The late Steven Goldman’s work spanned research on monetary theory, industrial organization, welfare economics, exhaustible resources and econometrics.
Pioneering biostatistician Chin Long Chiang dies at 99
April 18, 2014: Chin Long Chiang, professor emeritus of biostatistics, died April 1 at the age of 99. He was among the first to recognize biostatistics as a separate entity from statistics, and he applied mathematical and statistical methods to the realms of health and disease. Among his contributions were improvements to the accuracy of life expectancy and mortality rates.
Robert Harlan, I School professor emeritus, dies at 84
April 11, 2014: The son of a traveling salesman and the grandson of Nebraska pioneers and homesteaders, Harlan joined the faculty of what was then the UC Berkeley School of Librarianship in 1963.
In memoriam: George Staubus, Haas accounting professor emeritus
April 10, 2014: The Michael Chetkovich professor emeritus at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Staubus died March 21 in Oakland from bone marrow failure. He was 87.
UC Berkeley professor and structural biologist Thomas Alber dies at 60
April 4, 2014: Thomas Alber, a UC Berkeley structural biologist known for his striking ability to choose important biological problems and attack them with elegant biochemical and structural studies, died peacefully on March 28, 2014, at his home in Berkeley, Calif.
Musicologist and prolific writer Joseph Kerman dies at 89
March 27, 2014: The award-winning musicologist and prolific writer Joseph Kerman is said to have changed the course of graduate studies in historical musicology in the United States and beyond.
In memoriam: Sydney Kustu, Berkeley microbiologist
March 24, 2014: Professor Emeritus Sydney Kustu, a distinguished faculty member in UC Berkeley’s Plant and Microbial Biology Department, died in Berkeley on March 18. She was 71.
Joseph Sax, environmental law pioneer, dies at 78
March 14, 2014: Berkeley Law Professor Emeritus Joseph Sax, widely known as the “father of environmental law,” died March 9, at the age of 78. A memorial service will be held March 23 in San Francisco.
Campus honors the late Ted Agu at memorial service
February 25, 2014: At a campus memorial service Monday at Haas Pavilion, the late football player Ted Agu was remembered as a young man with a huge heart, who sought to help others while working tirelessly at succeeding at everything he attempted to do.
Ted Agu memorial set for Feb. 24
February 20, 2014: A memorial service for Cal football student-athlete Ted Agu will be held Monday, Feb. 24 in Haas Pavilion.
James Cahill, acclaimed scholar of Chinese and Japanese painting, dies at age 87
February 19, 2014: James Cahill, an emeritus professor of art history who died recently, was a leading authority on Chinese and Japanese painting and donated much of his personal collection to the Berkeley Art Museum.
Gareth Thomas, electron microscopy expert and materials scientist, dies at 81
February 19, 2014: Gareth Thomas, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of materials science and engineering and founder of Berkeley Lab’s National Center for Electron Microscopy, died Friday, Feb. 7, at the age of 81. Thomas was a leader in the application of atomic resolution to the field of materials science. He applied this to his pioneering work developing dual-phase, corrosion-resistant steel.
William Jolly, inorganic and photographic chemist, dies at 86
February 11, 2014: William Jolly, emeritus professor of chemistry at UC Berkeley, whose work helped facilitate the renaissance of inorganic chemistry in the United States during the middle of the 20th century, died of heart failure on Jan. 10, 2014, at Kaiser Medical Center in Richmond. He was 86.
