Stories indexed under: Obituaries

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• Biochemistry employee Rita Warden dies at age 59 June 4, 2010
• Noted UW-Madison biochemist Robert Burris dies at 96 May 12, 2010 Robert H. Burris, a noted University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist, died on Tuesday, May 11 at the age of 96.
• Campus mourns Robben W. Fleming, former chancellor Jan. 11, 2010 Robben W. Fleming, former provost who became the first chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died on Monday, Jan. 11 at his home in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 93.
• Steven Clark, engineering diversity leader, dies Oct. 15, 2008 Steven N. Clark, assistant dean for diversity affairs and student leadership programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, died unexpectedly Monday. He was 44.
• Art Department mourns loss of faculty member March 12, 2008 On Tuesday afternoon, March 11, Art Department staff learned that a beloved member of the department, Professor Gelsy Verna, passed away. This was very unexpected, and the cause of her death is currently unknown. Her young daughter Clara is being well cared for.
• ‘World-class’ UW violinist Vartan Manoogian dies July 13, 2007 Vartan Manoogian, professor of violin at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, died on Thursday, July 12, in Spain. He was 71.
• Former vice chancellor James Cleary dies at age 80 May 3, 2007 James W. Cleary, the former vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the tumultuous late 1960s, died on Saturday, April 28, at the age of 80.
• Longtime Registrar’s Office employee Sharon Pero dies at 58 April 16, 2007 Sharon Pero, assistant registrar for Timetable and Classroom Scheduling in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of the Registrar, died suddenly at her home over the weekend of April 14-15. She was 58.
• Historian, influential campus leader E. David Cronon dies at age 82 Dec. 5, 2006 E. David Cronon, an influential and revered former dean of the College of Letters and Sciences and history professor for more than four decades at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died early this morning (Dec. 5) after a brief illness. He was 82.
• Japanese labor expert dies Nov. 15, 2006 Solomon B. Levine, an emeritus faculty member and one of the nation’s foremost experts on Japanese labor relations, died last month at age 86.
• Legal scholar Gordon Brewster Baldwin dies in Italy Oct. 16, 2006 Gordon Brewster Baldwin, a distinguished constitutional and foreign relations law scholar at the University of Wisconsin Law School, died in his sleep this past weekend after attending an opera in Italy with his wife, Helen.
• Joseph Kauffman, master administrator and Peace Corps pioneer, dies Sept. 29, 2006 Joseph F. Kauffman, emeritus professor of educational leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, master administrator, one of the architects of the Peace Corps, and Dean of Student Affairs at UW-Madison during the turbulent student demonstrations of the 1960s, died today after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 84.
• James C. Hickman, former business school dean, dies Sept. 13, 2006 James C. Hickman, a professor emeritus of business and statistics and former dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, died on Sept. 10 following a bout with cancer.
• Longtime political scientist, former Letters and Science Dean Leon Epstein dies at 86 Aug. 2, 2006 Leon Epstein, a political science professor for 40 years for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and dean of the College of Letters and Science in the tumultuous late 1960s, died on Aug. 1 in Madison following a recent injury. He was 86.
• Prominent UW-Madison sociologist Stephen Bunker dies at 61 July 21, 2005 Stephen G. Bunker, a professor of sociology and rural sociology at UW-Madison, died Tuesday, July 19, at his home in Hollandale, Wis. A longtime professor who joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1989, Bunker was known as a skilled and dynamic instructor who taught courses that explored the links between economics and ecology.
• Microchip inventor and UW engineering alumnus Kilby dies June 22, 2005 Jack St. Clair Kilby, co-inventor of the integrated circuit or microchip, and a 1950 master's degree graduate in electrical engineering at UW-Madison, died of cancer Monday, June 20, at his home in Dallas. He was 81.
• Sociology professor dies at 56 Jan. 25, 2005 Frederick H. Buttel, 56, died at his home on Jan. 14 after a long battle with cancer.
• Executive associate registrar emeritus dies at 72 Jan. 11, 2005 Thomas L.W. Johnson, executive associate registrar emeritus, died on Jan 1. He was 72.
• Cartography pioneer, UW scholar dies at 89 Dec. 7, 2004 The scholar who created what is universally considered "the map of the world" has died at the age of 89.
• Elroy Hirsch dies at 80 Feb. 10, 2004 Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, the colorful and popular football star and former Wisconsin athletics director died from natural causes Jan. 28. The 80-year-old Hirsch, a native of Wausau, was a state athletic icon.