Obituary

Todd Smith, pioneer in the field of free-electron lasers, dies at 85

The decorated physicist was known for his keen mind and playful spirit.

Portrait of Todd Smith

Portrait of Gerald Gillespie

Gerald Gillespie, devoted professor of German and comparative literature, dies at 92

Portrait of John Flavell

John H. Flavell, distinguished and influential scholar of developmental psychology, has died

A portrait of Michael Friedman

Michael Friedman, who studied the connections between philosophy and science, has died

Black and white photo of Robert Packenham speaking into a microphone

Political scientist Robert Packenham has died

Nancy Packer speaks at the memorial for former Stanford President Richard W. Lyman in 2012.

Nancy Huddleston Packer, award-winning writer who served as director of Creative Writing Program, has died

Portrait of James Ferguson

James Ferguson, anthropologist devoted to studying international aid, has died

Photo of Bill Mahrt singing and looking to the left as Gregorian Chant is written out behind him

William P. Mahrt, beloved scholar of early music, has died

Photo of Peter Sturrock

Peter Sturrock, influential applied physics professor, has died

Portrait of Graciela De Pierris

Graciela Teresa de Pierris, historian of modern philosophy, dies at 74

Elizabeth Bernhardt-Kamil

Elizabeth Buchter Bernhardt-Kamil, longtime director of the Language Center, pioneering scholar, and beloved mentor, has died

Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the ‘Stanford Prison Experiment,’ dies at 91

Photo of John I. Brauman

John I. Brauman, award-winning chemist known for his warmth, humor and generosity, dies at 86

Photo of Walter Harrison

Walter A. Harrison, solid state physicist, has died

Image of Alice Rayner standing in front of a large tree.

Alice Rayner, beloved theater professor, dies at 76

Image of John Giammalva

Longtime student champion John Giammalva has died at 65

Arthur Barnes

Stanford music professor Arthur P. Barnes dies at 93

Joe Berger

Stanford sociology professor Joseph Berger has died

Sue Martin

Susan Martin, 20-year Stanford employee, has died

Norman Wessells in Montana

Norman K. Wessells, pioneering Stanford biologist, has died

Marjorie Perloff standing in a black suit

Poetry scholar and critic Marjorie Perloff has died

Kenneth Fields wearing glasses and wide-brimmed hat

Kenneth Fields, longtime English professor and acclaimed poet, dies at 84

George Collier smiling and wearing a blue polo shirt

Stanford anthropologist George Collier has died

Louise Glück

Remembering Louise Glück

Victor Fuchs speaking at an event demonstration a point with his hands with a large screen behind him. He is wearing glasses and a light-blue collared shirt and dark tie.

Victor Fuchs, pioneer of health care economics, has died

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

Image of Harumi Befu

Harumi Befu, professor emeritus of anthropology, dies at 92

Carl Gotsch

Carl Gotsch, agricultural economist who contributed to Green Revolution, dies at 89

Roger Shepard, pioneer in research on mental imagery, dies at 93

Image of W. Bliss Carnochan near water

Stanford Professor W. Bliss Carnochan dies

George Hardin Brown

Stanford English professor George Hardin Brown has died

Image of Theodore “Ted” H. Geballe, 1920-2021 (Image credit: Courtesy Theodore H. Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials)

Stanford physicist and engineer Theodore “Ted” H. Geballe has died

Psychology Professor Albert Bandura dead at 95

Portrait of Van Harvey

Stanford professor of religious studies Van A. Harvey has died

Psychology Professor Lee D. Ross dead at 78

Marion Lewenstein, Stanford professor of communication (teaching), emerita, has died at 93

John G. Gurley

Stanford economics professor John G. Gurley dies

Long-time manager for Stanford’s Center for East Asian Languages and Cultures dies

Makoto Ueda, Stanford Japanese literature professor emeritus, dies at 89

Political science professor Charles Drekmeier dies

Stanford biochemist and administrator Robert D. Simoni has died at age 81

Political scientist John Manley dies at 81

History Professor Emeritus Mark Mancall dies

Paul Seaver, leading historian of early modern England, dies at 88

Distinguished political science professor Richard Brody dies

Lucius J. Barker, political scientist who broke racial barriers in academia, has died at 92

Eminent psychology professor Gordon Bower dies

Renowned poet Professor Eavan Boland dies at 75

Philosophy Professor Kenneth Taylor dies at 65

Walter Vincenti, interdisciplinary engineer, dead at 102

Stanford German studies scholar Kurt Mueller-Vollmer dies at 91

Stanford anthropologist James Fox dies at 75

Calvin F. Quate, inventor of advanced microscopes, dies at 95

Renowned French philosopher Michel Serres dies at 88

John D. Krumboltz, who developed the theory of planned happenstance, dies at 90

Prolific Stanford author and poet John L’Heureux has died at 84

Transportation scholar Joseph Kott dies

Plant biologist Winslow Briggs dies at 90

Historian Harold Kahn dead at 88

Stanford psychologist Eleanor Maccoby dies at 101

Agricultural economist Timothy Josling dies at age 78

Stanford theoretical physicist Shoucheng Zhang dies at 55

Literary scholar Herbert Lindenberger dies at 89

Stanford geneticist Bruce Baker dies at 72

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Burton Richter dies at 87

Stanford microbiologist Allan Campbell dies at 88

Geneticist Charles Yanofsky dies at 92

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Taylor dies at 88

Art collector and Stanford donor Harry “Hunk” Anderson dies at 95

Poetry scholar Michael Predmore dies at 79

Sociologist Morris “Buzz” Zelditch dies at 89

Longtime lecturer at Stanford’s Berlin program dies