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Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Walter Falcon, global authority on food security, has died

Raised on a farm in east Iowa and educated in a one-room schoolhouse, the Stanford economics professor was an internationally sought-after agricultural adviser.

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Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research —

Health economics pioneer Victor Fuchs has died

Fuchs’ influence and tireless devotion to the field of health care economics and the Stanford community spanned decades.

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Stanford Engineering —

Hank Parker, master of heavy construction, has died

A veteran of mid-century highway and dam projects, Parker was enticed to Stanford by the opportunity to bring rigor to the construction industry.

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Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Tze Leung Lai, professor of statistics, has died

Lai is remembered as a dedicated mentor and prolific scholar with an interdisciplinary approach to theoretical statistics and mathematics.

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Stanford Engineering —

Perry McCarty has died

The environmental engineer’s groundbreaking experiments led to the discovery of anaerobic bacteria that could break down contaminants in groundwater reservoirs.

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Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Lyman P. Van Slyke has died

A relentless yet humble scholar, Van Slyke helped distinguish Stanford’s Department of History for its scholarship in East Asian studies.

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Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Stanley Wojcicki has died

The experimental particle physicist took part in his field's most explosive phases of discovery and is remembered for his wisdom and warmth.

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Stanford Engineering —

Robert Madix has died

The professor of chemical engineering and of chemistry is remembered as a major force in the study of the surface chemistry of catalysis.

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Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Jean-Marie Apostolidès has died

The literary scholar and dramatist wrote about Cyrano de Bergerac, Tintin, King Louis XIV, and the Unabomber’s manifesto, among many other topics.

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Stanford Medicine —

Molecular virologist William Robinson has died

Robinson’s laboratory made fundamental hepatitis B discoveries, laying the foundation for a vaccine and treatments for the disease.

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