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  • John W. Rippon smiles in a close-up.

    Dr. John W. Rippon, Associate Professor Emeritus in medicine and a distinguished mycologist, 1932 to 2019

    March 25, 2019

    Dr. John W. Rippon, Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Medicine and one of the foremost medical mycologists of our time, passed away March 20, 2019. He was 86.

  • John Eugene Frederick, wearing glasses, smiles in a close-up.

    John E. Frederick, Prof. Emeritus of atmospheric science and Quantrell Award winner, 1949 to 2019

    February 20, 2019

    John Eugene Frederick, Professor Emeritus in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences, passed away unexpectedly on January 30, 2019. He was 69.

  • Eric Hamp, wearing a suit, stares.

    Eric Hamp, Prof. Emeritus and leading authority on Indo-European languages, 1920 to 2019

    February 20, 2019

    Eric Hamp, the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Linguistics, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Psychology, and the Committee on the Ancient Mediterranean World, passed away February 17, 2019. He was 98.

  • Thomas Nagylaki, weating glasses, stands in front of a plant-covered building.

    Thomas Nagylaki, Prof. Emeritus and theoretical population geneticist, 1944 to 2019

    February 13, 2019

    Thomas Nagylaki, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolution and the Committee on Genetics, Genomics & Systems Biology, passed away February 10, 2019. He was 75.

  • Frank Reynolds smiles in a close-up.

    Frank Reynolds, Prof. Emeritus and empirically oriented religions scholar, 1930 to 2019

    January 23, 2019

    Frank E. Reynolds, Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions and Buddhist Studies in the Divinity School and in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, passed away January 9, 2019. He was 88.

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