Herbert S. Lindenberger, a professor emeritus who founded Stanford’s Department of Comparative Literature and inspired generations of students and scholars, died on Oct. 1.
An expert in photovoltaic materials that helped pave the way for today’s solar cells, Bube was a prolific author and lecturer who tried to bridge the gap between science and religion.
An early advocate for computing and for expanding the role of women and minorities in engineering, William Kays led the School of Engineering during a time when academic and industry scientists were establishing Silicon Valley.
Cavalli-Sforza helped create the field of genetic geography and was one of the founders of cultural evolution, a theory that social change resembles a Darwinian evolutionary process.
Zohar Manna, who pioneered theoretical computer science techniques that today help form the basis for artificial intelligence and for reliable software, died at his home in Israel Aug. 30.
John Farquhar, a beloved mentor, pioneer in cardiovascular disease prevention and professor emeritus of medicine and of health research and policy, died Aug. 22 at the age of 91.
