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  • Noel M. Swerdlow with a dog.

    Noel M. Swerdlow, Prof. Emeritus and historian of astronomy, 1941 to 2021

    July 28, 2021

    Noel M. Swerdlow, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Department of History, and the College, passed away July 24, 2021. He was 80.

  • Michael Murrin, with glasses, smiling.

    Michael Murrin, Prof. Emeritus and recipient of the Norman Maclean Faculty Award, 1938 to 2021

    July 28, 2021

    Michael Murrin, the Raymond W. & Martha Hilpert Gruner Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Department of English, Department of Comparative Literature, and Divinity School, passed away July 27, 2021. He was 83.

  • Hugo Sonnenschein smiling wide.

    Hugo Sonnenschein, Prof. Emeritus and 11th president of the University of Chicago, 1940 to 2021

    July 20, 2021

    Hugo Sonnenschein, the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the 11th University president, passed away July 15, 2021. He was 80.

  • Victor Barcilon, facing camera, sits behind a desk with a book lying open on it.

    Victor Barcilon, Prof. Emeritus and mathematician with a gift for asymptotic analysis, 1939 to 2020

    May 11, 2021

    Victor Barcilon, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geophysical Sciences who published extensively in the field of fluid mechanics, passed away April 15, 2020. He was 81.

  • Marshall D. Sahlins smiles wide in front of building covered with plants.

    Marshall D. Sahlins, Prof. Emeritus and titan of anthropology, 1930 to 2021

    April 13, 2021

    Marshall D. Sahlins, Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology and an eminent cultural anthropologist of the Pacific known for sparking lively academic debates, passed away April 5, 2021. He was 90.

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