David conducted influential research on technology diffusion and sought to make the study of economic history more rigorous by promoting a quantitative approach to the field.
The professor emeritus of history helped found the fields of modern Japanese history and Asian studies and is remembered for his prolific scholarship, humor, and grace.
Nobel laureate and recombinant DNA pioneer Paul Berg dies
The Stanford Medicine biochemist shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in chemistry for creating the first recombinant DNA molecule, and is credited with sparking the field of genetic engineering.
Longtime Stanford GSB lecturer Bill Meehan has died
The longtime lecturer at Stanford GSB is remembered as a devoted teacher, generous mentor, and prolific volunteer for a host of Stanford organizations.
Ronald Lyon, geologist and expert in remote sensing of Earth and moon, dies at 95
The professor emeritus of applied Earth sciences was a pioneer in geological remote sensing whose research mapped surfaces from the Amazon basin to the moon.
Shenoy was a pioneer of neuroprosthetics, a field that reimagines how the brain makes the body move. He is remembered for caring deeply about everyone around him and for his “infectious enthusiasm for science.”
