Hans-Josef Klauck, a towering figure in biblical studies, renowned for his extensive knowledge of early Christian literature and the Greco-Roman world, died March 27 in Munich, Germany. Klauck, the Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at the University of Chicago, was 78.
John P. “Jack” Gould, the Steven G. Rothmeier Distinguished Service Professor of Economics Emeritus and former dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, died on Dec. 17. He was 85 years old.
Stuart Alan Rice, a longtime professor at the University of Chicago whose pioneering research shaped the field of physical chemistry in the second half of the 20th century, died Dec. 22 at the age of 92.
Prof. Emeritus Paul Mendes-Flohr, a leading University of Chicago scholar of intellectual history in modernity, modern Jewish thought and German-Jewish intellectual life, died Oct. 24 at the age of 83.