Deceased Faculty

Our esteemed faculty colleagues

Heartfelt thanks to our teachers who taught us many things. "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new....It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge....The life of an individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful."  --- Albert Einstein

 

Nathan Buras (1922-2012), Professor and Department Head Emeritus

Donald R. Davis (19?-2009), Professor

Stanley N. Davis (1924-2007), Professor and Department Head Emeritus

Lucien Duckstein (19?-2015), Joint Professor Emeritus

Daniel D. Evans (1921-1997), Professor and Department Head Emeritus

John W. Harshbarger (1914-1991), Professor and Founding Department Head Emeritus (Hydrology)

Benjamin (Ben) M. Herman (1929-2018), Professor Emeritus and Department Head Emeritus (Atmospheric Sciences)

A. Richard Kassander, Jr. (1920-2017), Joint Professor and Founding Department Head Emeritus (Atmospheric Sciences) (obituary)

Chester C. Kisiel (1929-1973), Professor

Austin Long (1937-2010), Joint Professor Emeritus

Nicholas C. Matalas (1930-2019), Professor, USGS Affiliate (obituary)

Thomas Meixner (1970-2022), Professor and Department Head (obituary)

Sol D. Resnick (1918-2005), Professor and Director (WRRC) Emeritus

Adam P. Showman (1968-2020), Joint Professor (memorial page)

W.J. Shuttleworth (d. 2020), Regents Professor Emeritus (obituary | obituary)

Eugene S. Simpson (1917-1995), Professor and Department Head Emeritus

Herbert E. Skibitzke (1921-2001), Professor, USGS Affiliate

Lorne Graham (L.G. "Gray") Wilson (19?-2011), Research Professor Emeritus

Ernest Thomas Smerdon (1930-2014), Joint Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Engineering

Jerome J. Wright ( ), Joint Professor, Geosciences