John Wyatt, longtime MIT professor and cofounder of Boston Retinal Implant Project, dies at 69 | MIT News

Dedicated researcher was a circuits expert developing a retinal implant to help the blind see.

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • mit
Feb. 5, 2016 ~5 min

Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88 | MIT News

Professor emeritus was a co-founder of CSAIL and a founding member of the Media Lab.

MIT Media Lab • mit
Jan. 25, 2016 ~6 min


Professor Stanford Anderson dies at 81 | MIT News

Noted scholar and founder of the History, Theory and Criticism Program led the Department of Architecture from 1991 to 2004.

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Jan. 12, 2016 ~5 min

Sean Perry, technical associate at the Picower Institute, dies at age 39 | MIT News

School of Science • mit
Dec. 1, 2015 ~4 min

Alan Davison, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 79 | MIT News

Longtime MIT professor was a "serial innovator" whose inventions included Cardiolite, an important tool in clinical nuclear cardiology.

Liz McGrath | Department of Chemistry • mit
Nov. 17, 2015 ~7 min

William Siebert, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science, dies at 89 | MIT News

Siebert, an expert in long-range radar, helped shape EECS undergraduate curriculum.

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • mit
Oct. 30, 2015 ~3 min

David Benney, emeritus professor of mathematics, dies at 85 | MIT News

World-renowned applied mathematician's 50-year career at MIT included service as Department of Mathematics head from 1989 to 1999.

Department of Mathematics • mit
Oct. 16, 2015 ~7 min

Abraham Bers, professor emeritus of electrical engineering, dies at 85 | MIT News

Bers, a longtime member of the MIT community, was expert in plasma physics.

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • mit
Sept. 16, 2015 ~4 min


Susanne Martin, longtime MIT staff member, dies at 68 | MIT News

Talented administrator contributed to MIT Medical and to the Writing and Humanistic Studies Program.

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences • mit
Aug. 20, 2015 ~7 min

George Adelman, noted neuroscience editor, dies at 89 | MIT News

David Cohen | Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory • mit
July 31, 2015 ~2 min

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