November 04, 2024
We are sorry to share the sad news of the passing of a beloved colleague and prolific scholar, Alexander (Alex) Pines, Glenn T. Seaborg Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School. He was 79 years old. Alex was born in 1945 and grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where his lifelong passion for science,…
July 20, 2022
Phillip Geissler (1974-2022) A message from College of Chemistry Dean Douglas S. Clark: Our community has been jolted by the news that Professor Phillip Geissler, 48, has died. Phill was hiking in Utah at the time of his death. Phill was the Aldo De Benedictis Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and a renowned physical chemist, but…
November 21, 2018
Aug. 14, 1934 – Nov. 12, 2018 It is with great sadness we report the passing of Jack Kirsch, who served as a Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology (MCB) and Chemistry from 1964 to 2006 and as a Professor of the Graduate School in retirement. Jack was an esteemed scientist and a pillar of…
August 10, 2016
Howard K. Schachman, an influential biochemist who became a political and scientific activist, challenging not only California’s loyalty oath and its mandatory retirement rules but also the way fraud is dealt with in science, died Friday, Aug. 5, from complications of pneumonia at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland. A professor of the graduate school…
