Professor Emeritus Bruce Mazlish, pioneer in the field of global history, dies at 93 | MIT News

Historian and prolific author served as an MIT professor for more than 50 years.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
Dec. 6, 2016 ~3 min

Arthur Kaledin, professor emeritus of history and American studies, dies at 86 | MIT News

Scholar and noted expert in the life of French diplomat and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville was an acclaimed MIT teacher.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
Dec. 6, 2016 ~4 min


Professor Emeritus Jay Forrester, digital computing and system dynamics pioneer, dies at 98 | MIT News

The inventor of an early form of RAM had an outsized influence on organizational dynamics, supply chains, and sustainability.

Zach Church | MIT Sloan School of Management • mit
Nov. 19, 2016 ~6 min

Stephen Connors, leading alternative energy researcher, dies at 58 | MIT News

MIT researcher helped to make solar and wind power mainstream.

MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Nov. 18, 2016 ~7 min

Susan Lindquist, pioneering biologist and former director of Whitehead Institute, dies at 67 | MIT News

Biology professor and mentor to many investigated protein folding and its role in disease.

Whitehead Institute • mit
Oct. 28, 2016 ~10 min

Professor Emeritus Whitman Richards dies at 84 | MIT News

Longtime professor and beloved advisor was known for advances in experimental and theoretical studies of vision, perception, and cognition.

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences • mit
Oct. 17, 2016 ~5 min

Professor Emeritus Ali Javan, inventor of the first gas laser, dies at 89 | MIT News

Longtime MIT professor was a trailblazer in the fields of laser technology and quantum electronics.

Chuck Leddy | Department of Physics • mit
Sept. 29, 2016 ~10 min

Kerson Huang, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88 | MIT News

Theoretical physicist was also known for his translations of Chinese texts.

Scott Morley | Laboratory for Nuclear Science • mit
Sept. 9, 2016 ~3 min


Family and friends recall Drew Esquivel | MIT News

A talented scholar and athlete, the MIT rising senior “never failed to see the good in others.”

Kathy Wren | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 23, 2016 ~8 min

Dean Alden Horn, former director of MIT Sea Grant College Program, dies at 95 | MIT News

Retired U.S. Navy captain made many contributions to Arctic research and undergraduate marine education.

Kathryn Baltes | MIT Sea Grant • mit
Aug. 5, 2016 ~3 min

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