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In Memoriam

Paul Faust

Paul Harry Faust (Chemistry, Throop, 1941) passed on at his daughter Betty’s home in the southeast of Mexico on January 13, 2021.  He would have been 102 this April.  After graduation, he worked as a chemical engineer in Mobil Oil beginning in the Torrance refinery...
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Leon M. Keer

Leon M. Keer, Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, died on January 12, 2021, at age 86. He was a leader and prolific researcher on tribology (contact and fracture mechanics) and will be remembered as a...
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Peter Gottlieb

Dr. Peter GottliebNovember 29, 1935 – January 2, 2021 Dr. Peter Gottlieb passed away peacefully surrounded by family in Menlo Park, California at the age of 85. Peter is survived by his two sons: Michael and James, his daughter: Gabrielle and 4 grandchildren. He is...
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Walter A. Specht, Jr.

On Monday, December 21, 2020, Dr. Walter A. Specht Jr., husband and father, passed away at the age of 84, in Topsham, Maine. Walter was born on November 3, 1936, in Minneapolis, MN to Walter A. Specht, Sr. and Doris (Smith) Specht. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in...
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