Obituary

Peter Sturrock, influential applied physics professor, has died

A prolific scientist whose work influenced a range of fields, he was an internationally recognized leader in solar physics.

Photo of Peter Sturrock

Walter Falcon wearing a navy-blue coat, white collared shirt, and a dark tie in front of a sandstone pillar

Walter Falcon, global authority on food security and the economics of agriculture, has died

Tze Leung Lai wearing a light-blue collared shirt, royal blue and red tie, and dark coat standing under one of the arcades along Stanford University's Main Quad

Tze Leung Lai, professor of statistics with an interdisciplinary approach, dies at 77

Lyman P. Van Slyke cruises along the Yangtze River during a Stanford Alumni Association travel and study trip in China. Photo courtesy of the Van Slyke family.

Lyman P. Van Slyke, pioneering scholar of Chinese history, dies at 94

Professor Stanley Wojcicki has died at age 86

Jean-Marie Apostolidès wearing glasses, a hat, and a blue collared shirt with thin white stripes

Jean-Marie Apostolidès, literary scholar and dramatist, dies at 79

Paul David

Paul A. David, who made Stanford a leading center for economic history, dies at 87

Peter Duus, an authority on the modern Japanese nation, dies at 88

Robert Finn

Robert Finn, an expert in the mathematics of complex surfaces and capillaries, has died at 100

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