In Memoriam
We celebrate the lives of the following members of our Caltech alumni family.
Paul Rupert
Paul R. Rupert, 83, of Osteen Florida, passed away on 2/12/2023 after an extended battle with prostate cancer. He will be sorely missed by his wife of 60 years his three daughters and their spouses, and his four grand-children. Paul’s many accomplishments include...
Robert Huskey
Robert J. 'Bob' Huskey passed from this life on February 7, 2023. He was born on December 29, 1938, to William and Irene Huskey in San Antonio, TX. As a child he lived on U.S. Army Air Force bases, including Muroc (later Edwards), where he witnessed Chuck Yeager...
Noel Frederick Smyth
Professor Noel Frederick Smyth, has died aged sixty four in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the 5th February 2023. Noel was a Professor of Nonlinear Waves in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests included numerous aspects...
John David Teal
John David Teal joined the Church Triumphant on January 12, 2023 and is now with his Lord and Savior. Dave, as he was known, was born in New York City. His parents were John William Teal and Jeanne Sara Wanamaker. He had one sister, Nancy Jean Kyle, who predeceased...
Duane Champion
Duane Edwin Champion, PhD, passed away suddenly at home in Menlo Park, California, of natural causes on Jan. 11, age 73. His family, friends and colleagues miss him terribly, but even more, they are grateful for the time spent with him. Duane Champion was born on June...
Floyd Stuart
October 9, 1933 – January 9, 2023 Colonel Floyd R. Stuart, USAF (Ret.), died peacefully on January 9, 2023, surrounded by love. A native San Franciscan, Floyd graduated from Saint Ignatius HS in 1951. Floyd attended City College of San Francisco prior to graduating...
Jack Rocchio
Jack Rocchio, BS ‘55 Ph-–Decorated Aviator, Sailor, Linguist, and Adventurer–-Dies in Mallorca at 89 Jack Wilbur Rocchio, a retired captain at Pan American World Airways and then at Delta Air Lines, died of cancer on December 16 at his winter home on the Spanish...
Albert Hybl
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Craig SanPietro
A brilliant mind. A generous heart. An indomitable will. Unsparing candor. A devoted husband. A loving father. All who knew him understood that Craig lived life on his own terms and lived it to the fullest. Craig was orphaned at 15 and raised by his older brother,...
Ned Irons
Ned quietly passed away at his Makaha Beach home on the island of Oahu, on November 19,2022. Ned was the Co-founder and first chairman of the Computer Science Department at Yale University. Education; Undergraduate Princeton University, Masters, Cal Tech, PHD Yale...
William Helman
Phillip Helman passed away peacefully on the 8th of November, 2022 in South Bend, IN. He was born November 2, 1936 in Grand Junction, Colorado, the son of John Phillip and Claire Goldsmith Helman. He had one sister, Jacqueline Beatrice Campbell who died in 2003....
Donald Furst
Donald Guy Furst, 96, born April 8, 1926 to Guy and Erma Furst in Whittier, California. He went into the arms of Jesus on October 21, 2022.He was a proud, patriotic American who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He got his Masters Degree in Mechanical...
Randall Griepp
We are profoundly saddened by the death of Randall B. Griepp MD on September 8, 2022 at the age of 82. He was a greatly beloved husband and father, a highly-esteemed and innovative cardiovascular surgeon, an avid sailor and a skilled craftsman of small wooden boats...
Robert Jennings
He had a B.S. and a Doctorate degree in Chemistry and Biology from CalTech graduating in the class of 1955. He worked as a T.A. for Linus Pauling for a time and spent time studying the genetics of fruit flies (they multiply fast so easy to study) long before DNA...
Lance Taylor
REMEMBERING LANCE TAYLOR, 1940-2022 The following message was sent to the NSSR community today from Dean Will Milberg: "I am writing to share that Lance Taylor, NSSR Professor Emeritus of Economics and the former Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and...
Juris Hartmanis, DAA
Distinguished Caltech alumnus Juris Hartmanis (PhD ’55), founding chair of Cornell University’s Department of Computer Science, passed away on July 29, 2022. Hartmanis was widely recognized for establishing the field of computational complexity theory. He was 94 years...
Wiliam Wright
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Leland “Lee” Paul
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Fred Hayos
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Keith Kohnen
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John Morton Jr.
We are deeply saddened to share that on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, John Lewis Morton, Jr., loving husband, father, brother and friend, passed away suddenly at the age of 71. John was born on December 5, 1950 in Palo Alto, California to John and Barbara (Moore) Morton....
L. Willard “Will” Richards
L. Willard (Will) Richards died Sunday at his home in Santa Rosa at the age of 89, with his wife Nancy by his side. He was born July 11, 1932, in Provo, Utah to Ren and Zilla Richards. He grew up in Riverside, CA, was an Eagle Scout, received a BS from Caltech, and...
Vicki Peterson
Arsine Victoria Avakian, my wife, died in May, three months before her 81st birthday. Vicki was one of those exceptional people who enrich the lives ofeveryone they know. Vicki and I married at the end of summer in 1963, after receiving our SB degrees in physics from...
Donald Sweet
Donald Hanly Sweet passed away peacefully at age 98 on May 12, 2022 after suffering a stroke, less than three months after the passing of Beth Sweet, his beloved wife of 73 years. Don will be remembered for his kindness, integrity, and intellect, and for being a...
Jesse G. Jernigan, Jr.
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David A. Evans, DAA
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Charles Richard Johnson
Charles Richard “Dick” Johnson died peacefully at his home in El Segundo surrounded by his family on March 31, 2022, aged 85 years. Dick was born in Lewiston Idaho to Lillian H. and Charles J. Johnson. His lifelong interests included classical music, cooking and fly...