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Welko Gasich

Welko Elton Gasich of Los Angeles, California, passed away on Friday evening, January 14, 2022, of heart failure with his beloved wife by his side. Welko was born March 28, 1922, in the small farming community of Cupertino, California, to Elija and Catherine (Paviso)...
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Eric Etheridge

Eric Pharr Etheridge passed away Jan. 9, 2022, at the age of 62. He was born in 1959 in the state of Georgia to Roger Etheridge and Rena Faye Norby, nee Ritchey. Once he completed high school there, off he went to Cal Tech and remained on the West Coast the rest of...
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Martin Walt

Martin Walt passed away on December 15, 2021 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 95 years old at the time of his death. Martin was born in West Plains, Missouri but spent most of his childhood in La Crescenta, CA, graduating from Glendale High School in 1944. It...
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James A. Ibers, DAA

James A. Ibers, PhD and Caltech Distinguished Alumnus 1997 passed away in Chicago, IL on December 14, 2021 at the age of 91. He was Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University at the time of his passing. More information about his career is available in the memoir...
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Time to Crack Some Stacks—It’s Ditch Day!

Time to Crack Some Stacks—It’s Ditch Day!

Ditch Day, one of Caltech's oldest traditions, took place on May 26. During this annual spring rite—the timing of which is kept secret until the last minute—seniors ditch their classes and vanish from campus. Before they go, however, they leave behind complex,...

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A Community that Cares

A Community that Cares

Mojolaoluwa “Josh” Sonola had a choice to make: Georgia Tech or Caltech? As the curtains were closing on his high school days, Mojolaoluwa "Josh" Sonola had a choice to make. Stay near home and go to Georgia Tech, or strike out for the West Coast and study at Caltech?...

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The Caltech Effect: First in Her Family

The Caltech Effect: First in Her Family

A fascination with science led Bianca Lepe (BS ’16) to Caltech. When she found out she got into Caltech and received a full scholarship, Bianca Lepe (BS '16) screamed—and her mom cried. Watch this video from  The Caltech Effect, the e-magazine of the Break Through...

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Commencement 2017

Caltech's 123rd annual commencement On Friday, June 16, David Lee (PhD '74), chair of the Caltech Board of Trustees, opened the Institute's 123rd annual commencement ceremony with a reminder that discovery is a never-ending process. "Accomplishment and discovery never...

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David Tirrell Named Caltech Provost

David Tirrell Named Caltech Provost

David Tirrell, the Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the director of the Beckman Institute, will become Caltech’s tenth provost, President Thomas F. Rosenbaum announced today.

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