Prof. Emeritus Jonathan Z. Smith, an influential historian of religion and a celebrated faculty member at the University of Chicago, passed away Dec. 30. He was 79.
Prof. Emeritus David L. Wallace, a statistician who co-authored a book that revealed the answer to one of American history’s most enduring questions, died on Oct. 9. He was 88.
Morton A. Kaplan, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former chair of the Committee on International Relations, passed away on Tuesday, September 26, at the age of 96.