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  • Kenneth Dam, former University provost and Law School scholar, 1932-2022

    June 07, 2022

    A longtime professor at the University of Chicago Law School, Kenneth Dam also served as deputy secretary in the Department of State (1982-85) and Department of the Treasury (2001-03).

  • James W. Truran, pioneer in nuclear astrophysics and beloved colleague, 1940-2022

    March 22, 2022

    Pioneering scientist helped explain how stars and stellar explosions produced the elements of the universe

  • Eugene Parker, ‘legendary figure’ in solar science and namesake of Parker Solar Probe, 1927-2022

    March 22, 2022

    Prof. Emeritus Eugene N. Parker, a pioneering astrophysicist whose contributions to solar physics were so enormous that NASA named its Parker Solar Probe mission after him, died March 15. He was 94.

  • Walter Kaegi, noted scholar of Byzantine and Roman Empires, 1937-2022

    March 10, 2022

    UChicago historian was well-traveled, well-loved by generations of mentees and colleagues

  • Robert Butler scholar of hearing and auditory spatial localization

    March 04, 2022

    Prof. Emeritus Robert A. Butler, whose research focused on hearing—particularly involving the localization of sound and auditory perception—died Feb. 5 after a brief illness. He was 98 years old.

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