Obituaries
Pioneering Stanford computer researcher and educator Edward McCluskey dies
The professor emeritus who paved the way for everything from complex chips to crash-proof computers, and who trained 75 PhDs, also loved quirky hats and nature.
Stanford sociologist and faculty leader Sanford Dornbusch dies at 89
Sanford M. Dornbusch, a scholar renowned for his research on adolescence, was a "founding father" of Stanford's Department of Sociology.
Paul Armer, former director of Stanford Computation Center, dies at 91
A manager and lecturer in the Computer Science Department, Paul Armer voiced early concerns about computer privacy and surveillance.
Herbert Abrams, pioneering radiologist and anti-nuclear activist at Stanford, dies at 95
Herbert Abrams' multi-faceted career embraced patient care, teaching and medical research as well as a passionate advocacy for world peace. A memorial will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Arrillaga Alumni Center.
Oleg D. Sherby, professor of materials science and engineering, dies at 90
Hailed for the discovery of superplastic steel, Sherby was a professor at Stanford for 30 years. He was known on campus for his affable manner and for organizing volleyball matches and poker games.
Henry S. Rowen, Stanford business professor and U.S. policymaker, dies at 90
Henry S. Rowen, an American policymaker and economist at Stanford, died on Nov. 12 at the age of 90. He was a leading scholar on U.S. and Asian economic growth and a national security expert.
Stanford professor and eminent French theorist René Girard, member of the Académie Française, dies at 91
A member of the prestigious Académie Française, René Girard was called "the new Darwin of the human sciences." His many books offered a bold, sweeping vision of human nature, human history and human destiny. He died Nov. 4 at 91.
Nathan Rosenberg, Stanford professor and expert on the economic history of technology, dead at 87
Nathan Rosenberg, the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor of Public Policy, Emeritus, in Stanford's Department of Economics, died Aug. 24 at the Vi at Palo Alto, at the age of 87.
John Henry Merryman, Stanford art law pioneer, dies at 95
An internationally renowned expert on art and cultural property law as well as comparative law, Merryman dedicated his life to the study and teaching of law at Stanford.
Stanford historian Robert Conquest, expert on Soviet Union, dies at 98
A Renaissance-style thinker, Robert Conquest was a prolific Soviet historian who became the conscience of an era in the war of ideas between communism and Western democracy. As a poet, his work was considered among the most influential in British literary circles.
