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02/20/2019

Jane Raymond, Longtime Chemistry Instructor, Dies at 80

Emily Velasco

Jane Shell Raymond, who was an undergraduate chemistry instructor at Caltech for 32 years, has died at age 80.

A black-and-white portrait of Jane Raymond

02/12/2019

Famed Oceanographer Walter Munk (BS '39, MS '40) Dead at 101

Elise Cutts

Caltech mourns the passing of alumnus and famed oceanographer Walter Munk.

01/05/2019

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Harold Brown

The Caltech president, emeritus; life member of Caltech's Board of Trustees; and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense, passed away on January 4, 2019. He was 91 years old.

12/10/2018

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Fiona Cowie

Fiona Cowie, professor of philosophy at Caltech, passed away on Sunday, December 9, from complications due to cancer. She was 55 years old.

11/07/2018

Caltech Mourns the Loss of Trustee Walter Burke

Lori Oliwenstein

Burke, the longtime president and treasurer of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and a life member of the Caltech Board of Trustees, passed away on November 1, 2018.

10/02/2018

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Wilhelmus A. J. Luxemburg

Wilhelmus Luxemburg, emeritus professor of mathematics at Caltech, passed away on October 2, 2018. He was 89 years old.

03/14/2018

Caltech Mourns the Loss of Stephen Hawking

Whitney Clavin

Stephen Hawking, the author of A Brief History of Time and a frequent visitor to Caltech, has passed away. He was 76.

02/09/2018

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Alumnus Joseph Polchinski, Renowned Physicist

Whitney Clavin

Joseph Polchinski, lauded for his fundamental contributions to string theory, passed away at age 63.

11/27/2017

J. N. Franklin, 1930-2017

Robert Perkins

Joel (J. N.) Franklin, who taught mathematics at Caltech for nearly a half-century, passed away on November 18 at the age of 87.

11/16/2017

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Former Campus Counselor Kevin Austin

Austin, who led Caltech Health and Counseling Services for a quarter of a century, retired in 2015.

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