Stanford German studies scholar Kurt Mueller-Vollmer was most known for his scholarship on Wilhelm von Humboldt, the Prussian philosopher, diplomat and linguist who founded the Humboldt University of Berlin.
A founding member of the Division of Hematology at Stanford, Schrier was an educator, mentor and investigator who trained generations of physicians and scientists.
Harbaugh, former chair of the Department of Geology, was a foundational figure in mathematical geology and active in campus leadership. He died July 28 at age 92.
James A. Fox, an associate professor of anthropology at Stanford, who specialized in the history of linguistics and Native American languages, died Aug. 7.
Guilleminault, a prolific researcher who helped build Stanford’s sleep disorders clinic into an influential, full-service sleep center, died July 9 of cancer.
The inventor of acoustic and atomic force microscopes that revealed living cells in unprecedented detail and former chair of both Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering died July 6.
A member of the prestigious Académie Française, Michel Serres taught at Stanford’s Department of French and Italian for nearly 30 years. He died June 1 at 88.
