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Juris Hartmanis, DAA

Distinguished Caltech alumnus Juris Hartmanis (PhD ’55), founding chair of Cornell University’s Department of Computer Science, passed away on July 29, 2022. Hartmanis was widely recognized for establishing the field of computational complexity theory. He was 94 years...

Wiliam Wright

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Leon T. Silver

Leon Silver (PhD '55), W.M. Keck Foundation Professor for Resource Geology, Emeritus, at Caltech, passed away on January 31, 2022. He was 96 years old. Silver was born in Monticello, New York, on April 9, 1925. His father and mother emigrated from Russia and Poland,...

James “Jim” L. Adams

BY ANDREW MYERS -James L. “Jim” Adams, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and an expert in creativity and product design, passed away surrounded by family at his home on the Stanford campus on January 15, 2022; he was 87. Adams was a true “maker” – a...