Emeriti Faculty Office of the Provost

The University of Chicago

Skip navigation
  • Home
  • Benefits
  • News & Announcements
  • Emeriti Center
  • Resources
  • Committee
  • Contact Us

News & Announcements

  • In Memoriam
  • Courtenay Wright, in a jacket, stands in front of a wire fence.

    Courtenay Wright, Prof. Emeritus in particle physics and former Royal Navy radar officer, 1923 to 2018

    November 28, 2018

    S. Courtenay Wright, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute and a former Royal Navy officer with a passion for strenuous physical activity, passed away November 26, 2018. He was 95.

  • Riccardo Levi-Setti stands by a door and plants.

    Riccardo Levi-Setti, Prof. Emeritus and pioneering physicist, 1927 to 2018

    November 15, 2018

    Riccardo Levi-Setti, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and a collector of trilobite fossils, passed away November 8, 2018. He was 91.

  • Donald W. King, wearing a suit, smiles in a close-up.

    Donald W. King, Prof. Emeritus and renowned pathologist, 1927 to 2018

    November 15, 2018

    Donald West King, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology and former VP at UChicago, passed away October 21, 2018. He was 91.

  • Leslie J. DeGroot, in a suit and glasses, smiles while surrounded by trees.

    Dr. Leslie J. DeGroot, Prof. Emeritus and former director of the Thyroid Study Unit, 1928 to 2018

    October 29, 2018

    Dr. Leslie J. DeGroot, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and the former director of the Thyroid Study Unit, passed away October 23, 2018. He was 90.

  • Joel Kraemer, Prof. Emeritus and devoted scholar of Islamic and Jewish philosophy, 1933-2018

    October 28, 2018

    Joel Kraemer, the John Henry Barrows Professor Emeritus in the Divinity School and a “master pedagogue,” passed away October 11, 2018. He was 85.

    • First Page
    • Previous Page
    • 15
    • 16
    • 17
    • 18
    • 19
    • Next Page
    • Last Page
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago
Edward H. Levi Hall
5801 South Ellis Avenue, Suite 203
Chicago, Illinois 60637
(773) 702-5243
  • Benefits
  • News & Announcements
  • Emeriti Center
  • Resources
  • Committee
  • Contact Us
  • Accessibility

© 2025 The University of Chicago