Stories indexed under: Obituary

Total: 8

  • Colleagues remember Rader for technical skills, human touch May 29, 2013 Computing can be a complex and difficult topic for those without technical experience. Stephen Rader’s easy-going manner made his colleagues in the Physics Department feel at-ease with technology and helped support their research successes.
  • UW employee killed in Tuesday accident April 16, 2013 A University of Wisconsin-Madison employee was killed in an on-the-job incident Tuesday afternoon at the Art Lofts, 111 N. Frances.
  • UW-Madison mourns the loss of First Wave Scholar John "Vietnam" Nguyen Aug. 30, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison community is mourning the loss of John "Vietnam" Nguyen, who died in an apparent drowning in Lake Mendota this morning (Aug. 30).
  • UW community mourns business graduate Roelse June 23, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison community is mourning the loss of a young alumnus who is believed to have drowned in Lake Mendota early on Friday, June 22.
  • Howard Zimmerman, pioneer in organic chemistry, dies at 85 Feb. 16, 2012 Howard Zimmerman, a professor of chemistry from 1960 until his retirement in 2010, died on Saturday, Feb. 11 as a result of a fall.
  • Photo: Jim Crow UW geneticist James Crow passes away Jan. 6, 2012 The UW-Madison community is mourning the loss of a legend: James F. Crow, professor emeritus of genetics, who passed away peacefully at his home on Jan. 4, two weeks shy of his 96th birthday.
  • Billups memorial set for Sunday, Dec. 11 Dec. 8, 2011 LaMarr Billups, former senior special assistant to the chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and well-known Madison community leader, passed away on Friday, Nov. 11 at his home in Northern Virginia.
  • Continuing Studies instructor, art conservator and humanitarian passes Dec. 6, 2011 From the shores of Lake Michigan to the halls of the Sistine Chapel, and from the faraway landscape of India to the rubble-strewn scene of 9/11, Tony Rajer lived a life of pursuing knowledge and serving others. Born in Sheboygan, he became an accomplished art conservator, humanitarian and long-time instructor of UW–Madison Continuing Studies art classes.