http://news.stanford.edu Latest Obituaries news headlines from Stanford University. Copyright (C) Stanford University en-us http://news.stanford.edu/images/srdot.gif http://news.stanford.edu http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/january/elliott-levinthal-obit-012312.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/january/elliott-levinthal-obit-012312.html In a career that ranged from radar to medicine to outer space, Elliott Levinthal played an instrumental role in the schools of Engineering and Medicine, and in the rise of Silicon Valley. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/december/robert-osserman-obit-121611.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/december/robert-osserman-obit-121611.html In addition to his important research, Bob Osserman brought math to a broad audience through public conversations with comedian Steve Martin, among others. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113011aab.html http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113011aab.html Chester McGlockton, who served on the Stanford Football coaching staff for the past two seasons, died Wednesday, Nov. 30. He was 42 years old. Before coming to Stanford, McGlockton played 12 seasons in the NFL. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/october/john-mccarthy-obit-102511.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/october/john-mccarthy-obit-102511.html McCarthy created the term "artificial intelligence" and was a towering figure in computer science at Stanford most of his professional life. In his career, he developed the programming language LISP, played computer chess via telegraph with opponents in Russia and invented computer time-sharing. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/october/anthony-siegman-obit-101411.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/october/anthony-siegman-obit-101411.html Laser pioneer Anthony Siegman dies at 79: "Almost nothing that interested him was simple, but he could make complex issues pretty clear – and did so in his legendary book, Lasers," said Burton McMurtry, one of his earliest students. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/october/donald-dunn-obit-101311.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/october/donald-dunn-obit-101311.html Donald Dunn was both an engineer and a lawyer. He was a noted expert in microwave technology and telecommunication who helped found the Department of Engineering–Economic Systems in the 1960s, a department that would later become the Department of Management Science and Engineering. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/october/albert-hastorf-memorial-100511.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/october/albert-hastorf-memorial-100511.html A memorial service will be held on Oct. 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Church for Albert "Al" Hastorf, who died last week in Palo Alto at the age of 90. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/september/pamela-rymer-obit-092911.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/september/pamela-rymer-obit-092911.html Pamela Ann Rymer, a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and a Stanford alumna who served on the university's Board of Trustees for a decade, died on Sept. 21. Two new scholarships have been established in her name. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/september/al-hastorf-obit-092711.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/september/al-hastorf-obit-092711.html Albert "Al" Hastorf, a pioneer in the study of social interaction and social perception, has died. Hastorf spent three decades teaching, conducting research and serving as a top administrator at Stanford. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/september/robert-carlson-obit-092611.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/september/robert-carlson-obit-092611.html Robert C. Carlson, a professor in the School of Engineering for more than four decades, died Sept. 6 in Palo Alto. A memorial service is planned for 4 p.m. on Sept 28 at Stanford Memorial Church. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT