Remembering Clayton Bates, champion of equity in STEM
The professor emeritus of materials science and engineering was an expert in photoelectronics and a pioneering advocate for Black students in the sciences.
Remembering writing instructor and author Amy Ettinger
The Stanford Continuing Studies instructor was known for encouraging and championing her students – and for providing practical advice for getting published.
Remembering pioneering biologist Norman K. Wessells
The pioneering biologist and former dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences was known as “an artist at the chalkboard” whose work helped explain the building blocks of life.
The Hoover Institution’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer was known for her deep faith, warm heart, and lifelong devotion to Stanford.
The pioneering justice graduated from Stanford Law School in 1952 in the top 10 percent of her class but famously struggled to find employment because so few firms would hire women at the time. “It’s good to be first,” she would later say, of her responsibility as a trailblazer. “But you don’t want to be last.”
The professor emeritus of anesthesiology and of pediatrics invented a transport incubator for newborns and helped establish pediatric anesthesiology as a specialty.
William Weis, a pioneer of molecular imaging, dies at 64
The former chair of structural biology at Stanford Medicine refined advanced imaging techniques and described the 3D structure of many cellular components.
Walter Falcon, global authority on food security, has died
Raised on a farm in east Iowa and educated in a one-room schoolhouse, the Stanford economics professor was an internationally sought-after agricultural adviser.
The environmental engineer’s groundbreaking experiments led to the discovery of anaerobic bacteria that could break down contaminants in groundwater reservoirs.
Marshall S. Smith, former dean at Stanford GSE, dies at 85
An influential figure in education who served in four federal administrations, Smith was a strong advocate for educational equity and standards-based reform.
Annual community memorial service honors lives and losses
Stanford’s annual memorial service, an interfaith gathering to honor friends and family who have passed away, will be held Tuesday in the CIRCLE sanctuary in Old Union.
Robert Gregg, former dean for religious life, has died
Scholarly, approachable, and direct, Robert Gregg created new opportunities for worship and the exploration of questions about faith while serving as a professor and dean for religious life at Stanford.
In a 40-year career that began when he earned his PhD at Stanford, Tyler led studies of Mars and the rings of Jupiter and Saturn, among other explorations of Earth’s solar siblings.
