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Recent Obituaries

• Morris Galen, Trustee
• Prof. Laurens Ruben [biology 1955–92]
• Prof. Raymond Kierstead Jr. [history 1978–2000]
• Prof. Nicholas Wheeler [physics 1963–2010] ’55
• Abraham Bergman ’54
• Prof. Joe Roberts [mathematics 1952–2014]
• Prof. Frank Porter Hungate [biology 1946–52]
• Prof. Angela Ayres [Spanish 1966–73]
• Daniel J. Rankin ’06
• Michael Groves ’80
• Francis Joseph Varga ’79
• Erik Mutén ’77
• Monica Ellen Mayper ’73
• Emerson Mitchell ’71
• Alan Ackerman ’68
• Bart Jones ’65
• Jill Susanna Dubisch ’65
• Raymond B. Baggs ’64
• Doris Felde Avshalomov ’43, MAT ’63
• Charles Pollack ’61
• Maria Haagen-Smit Daniel ’61
• Marian Wilcox Goldman ’60
• Janet Schmidt Swanson ’60
• Irene Janofsky Hartzell ’60
• Norman Linton ’58
• Joan Emerson ’57
• Gene Gale ’57
• Edwin Schneider MAT ’56
• Ruth Walby MAT ’52
• Willis Eldridge Sibley ’51
• John L. Shipley ’49
• Stuart Gaul ’48
• Marion Marx ’48
• Phyllis Cohn Terkla ’48
• Sylvia Nemer Davidson ’47
• Barbara Wuest Thompson ’43
• Gary Schlickeiser
• Prof. Bertram G. Brehm Jr. [biology ’62–93]
• Linda G. Howard ’70, Trustee
• Robert Wells Fishel ’03
• Anahita Ariana ’93
• Genevieve Head ’83
• Neil Jumonville ’77
• Conrad Churchill Skinner ’74
• George A. Galati MAT ’70
• Charles Frederick (Fred) Rogers ’66
• Ron Becker ’64
• Margaret Strawn Mesirow ’62, MAT ’64
• Jeremy Caughlan ’56
• Allen Davenport Bragdon ’52
• Fred Matthies ’49
• Rae Galbraith Ballard ’48
• Midori Oller ’42
• Dale W. Jorgenson ’55
• Vivian Tomlinson Williams ’59
• Prof. David DeSante [biology 1975–77]
• Jeremy Thomas Stone ’99
• Sarah Pliner ’94
• Brian Nicholson ’85
• Niall Lynch ’80
• Constance Eleanor Austin ’77
• Robert Allen Wayne ’76
• Herbert Grose ’74
• Gregory G. Maskarinec ’74
• Thomas McIntyre ’73
• Kaori Hopkins O’Connor ’68
• Thomas Swanson ’62
• Judith Sakurai Yamauchi ’60
• Gayle Rood Burnett ’59
• Patricia Yeager Washburn ’58
• Donald (Donangelo) Robert Schuman ’57
• Timothy E. Rice ’57
• Johanna Ghei Anderson ’57
• Glen Howard Wilcox ’56
• Alexandra Arnold Lynch ’56
• Jerry E. Whalen ’54
• Richard John Guillory ’53
• Maurice (Peter) Groat ’53
• Jeannette Mejdell Elliott ’48
• Prof. Dell Lynn Rhodes [psychology 1975–2006]
• Stephen R. McCarthy ’66, Trustee
• Maryanna Pearson Henkart ’58
• Nicholas Joseph ’22
• Loleta (Letty) Rae Ernst ’00
• Amy Bliss Enell ’96
• Alice Turtledove Meyer MALS ’89
• Fred Russell ’86
• Alison G. Weisner ’81
• Eric J. Hanson ’78
• Andrea L. Prentice ’77
• Dean Leland Alvis ’75
• Michael J. Legge MALS ’72
• Elena Dykewomon (Nachman) ’71
• Carolyn J. Threadgill ’67
• Michael Templeton ’63
• Lee S. Isgur ’60
• Leslie McCune Grace ’59
• David E. Fahrney ’59
• Katharine Jaeger Steig ’58
• Morris Bol ’58

In Memoriam Archive

Prof. Laurens Ruben [biology 1955–92]

A Man of Science and Style

Prof. Laurens “Larry” Ruben  [biology 1955–92] transformed Reed’s biology programs over the course of his tenure, solidifying the department’s research-driven focus and beguiling colleagues with his peerless sense of style. He was one of the most influential professors in Reed’s history, having taught for 37 years and mentored distinguished alumni such as Larry Sherman ’64 and Roger Perlmutter ’73.

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