In Memoriam

We celebrate the lives of the following members of our Caltech alumni family.

 
James Duderstadt

James Duderstadt

University of Michigan President Emeritus James J. Duderstadt, who devoted his academic career to an institution he shaped with his zeal for technology, innovation and equality, died Aug. 21, 2024 at age 81. Duderstadt also held the title of University Professor of...

Joe Smith

University of Michigan President Emeritus James J. Duderstadt, who devoted his academic career to an institution he shaped with his zeal for technology, innovation and equality, died Aug. 21, 2024 at age 81. Duderstadt also held the title of University Professor of...

Larry Friedrich

Larry Friedrich

Larry Bruce Friedrich passed away peacefully on July 2, 2024 due to complications from brain cancer. Larry was born in Philadelphia, PA but was mostly raised in San Jose, CA. From a young age, Larry’s quick wit and intelligence was apparent, as he taught himself to...

Donald Forrest

Donald Forrest

Donald Bozell Forrest, born in 1939 passed at the age of 85. He had many varied careers, adventures and made friends all over the world. He had lots of great stories! Some of his favorite memories were of his time at CalTech studying with Dr Clark. He is celebrated...

Thomas Banwell

Thomas Banwell

Thomas Banwell, 67, peacefully succumbed to SCA at his Howell home on May 26, 2024. He was predeceased by his parents Thomas J. and Mildred Banwell; sister Cidny Fox. He is survived by siblings Carrie Gronwald, Marilyn Stanley and James Banwell; wife Elizabeth...

Wallace Honeywell

Wallace Honeywell

Our beloved husband and father, Wallace (Wally) Irving Honeywell, passed away peacefully on April 30th, 2024, due to complications from a fall. Wally is survived by Winnie, his wife of 65 years; their sons Mark (Eileen) Summit, Kevin (Susan Diamond) Honeywell, Doug...

Harold Leinbach

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Leo Baggerly

Leo Baggerly passed away on March 8, 2024 in his home in Encinitas at the age of 95. A husband, father, grandfather, physicist, researcher, professor, and storyteller, Leo spent a lifetime being curious about the world and sharing his discoveries with others. His...

Allan Beek

Allan Beek

Allan Beek was always ready to recite a poem, explain a complex mathematical concept, reminisce about a much-loved passage of classical music, or deliver an opinion on international affairs. He was generous with his intellect and his time, serving on the Newport Beach...

Lloyd Welch

Lloyd Welch

Lloyd Richard Welch, of La Canada, passed away on December 28, 2023. Born September 28, 1927, in Detroit, MI to Richard C Welch and Helen Felt Welch, he served in the Navy from 1945 to 1948 and 1951 to 1952, earned a B.S. from University of Illinois (1951), and a PhD....

Jiunn-Jenq Wu

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Alyx Herrmann

Alyx Herrmann

BS '84 Alice Kamakaokalani Herrmann (sometimes known as Anne, Alix and Alyx), died December 4, 2023, aged 61, in Capitola, California. Born March 15, 1962, in Los Angeles, Alyx achieved BA Physics/Astronomy, Pomona College (‘84); BS Engineering and Applied Science,...

Charles T. Munger

Charles T. Munger

Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Charles T. Munger, the longtime vice chairman of investment firm Berkshire Hathaway widely referred to as the “Oracle of Pasadena,” died in California on November 28. He was 99. “Berkshire Hathaway could not have been built to its...

Samuel E. Moskowitz

Samuel E. Moskowitz

Prof. Moskowitz grew up in the Bronx and studied at the High School of Music and Art (having inherited his father’s love of opera and talent for creating fine art). Truly multi-gifted, he also loved science and math and chose to pursue instead his BS in Civil...

Frank Borman

Frank Borman

Caltech Alumnus and Apollo Astronaut Frank Borman, MS (MS '57) (1928–2023) Borman commanded Apollo 8, the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon Frank Borman, MS (MS '57) a NASA astronaut who commanded Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon and return safely...

Arthur Spaulding

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Fred Donald Russell

Fred Donald Russell

Don received a Bachelor of Science (1957) and a Master of Science (1958) in Electrical Engineering from Caltech, where he was a member of Dabney House. In 1970, he received a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Don started out his career by...

David F. Ollis

David F. Ollis

Dr. David F. Ollis (BS '63) Welcoming, gentle, generous, kind, humble, a true intellectual, and an outstanding scholar! These are a few of the words that colleagues and former students have used to describe Professor David Ollis, University Distinguished Professor of...

Martin Mendelson

Martin Mendelson

It is with great sadness that the family of Martin (“Marty”) Mendelson (belatedly) announces his passing unexpectedly on 17 September 2023 at the age of 86 years as a result of complications from routine surgery. Throughout his adult life, Marty was the quintessential...

Clarence Eugene Peterson

Clarence Eugene Peterson, age 96, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2023 at his home in Rolling Hills Estates. The son of John Gunnar Peterson and Cerona Erickson, he was born in 1927 on the family farm in Michigan. Clarence grew up in Chicago and upon high school...

Paul Aagaard

Paul Aagaard

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Mark Finger

Mark Finger

Mark H. Finger, 69, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2023, in Colorado Springs after a long illness. He is survived by his siblings, Jef Finger of Chicago, Laura (Finger) Torgerson of Colorado Springs, and Amy (Finger) Ziegler of Colorado Springs, as well as his son,...

John Wesner

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Michael Lampton

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Walter John Jr.

Walter John Jr.

Dr. Walter John Jr., 99, of San Francisco, California, passed away April 14, 2023. A distinguished aerosol physicist, he conducted groundbreaking air pollution research, studying airborne particles and designing instruments to measure air pollution. A Research...

David Jackson

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Julius “Jules” Madey

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