In Memoriam

  • Paul Phillipson
    Professor Emeritus Paul Phillipson passed away on October 20, 2023, at his home in Boulder at the age of 90. He was a long-standing and treasured member of the faculty. Paul was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1933 and after
  • Portrait of Robert Ristinen
    Physics Emeritus Professor Robert A. Ristinen passed away on September 10, 2021, at his home in Boulder at the age of 87. Bob grew up in the small town of Menahga, Minnesota, hunting, fishing, and trapping. Among other endeavors, he
  • Professor John M. Wahr passed away on November 11, 2015 at the age of 64.Professor Wahr was the first geophysicist to join the Department of Physics at CU-Boulder. He joined the department as an Assistant Professor in 1983, built the Geophysics
  • Professor Emeritus David A. Lind passed away Friday March 6, 2015 at the age of 96.David earned a B.S. in Physics from the University of Washington in 1940, and a Ph.D. in Physics from CalTech in 1948. He joined the faculty of the University of
  • Our friend and colleague Masataka (Seth) Mizushima passed away on May 28, 2014. Seth earned a Degree Rigakushi (B.A/M.A) in Chemistry from the University of Tokyo in 1946, and Rigaku-Hakushi (Ph.D.) in Physics from the University of Tokyo in 1951.
  • Professor Adjoint Sydney Geltman passed away on March 17, 2014 at his home in Boulder. His career included over five decades of research and teaching. He moved to Boulder in 1961 to work with the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST). Syd Geltman
  • Portrait Al Bartlett in DUAN G1B30 Lecture Hall
    Updated 10/11/13: A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 2nd at 3:00 p.m. on the club level of Folsom Stadium on the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ campus to celebrate the life of Professor Albert A. Bartlett, who passed away on Saturday, September 7,
  • Jack J. Kraushaar was one of a handful of talented young physicists who moved to Boulder in the late 1950’s, and built a world-class cyclotron at the edge of the prairie.Jack earned a BS degree in Physics in 1944 from Lafayette College. He served in
  • University of Colorado Physics Professor Emeritus Richard C. (Dick) Mockler passed away April 6, 2011 in Los Alamos, NM. He is survived by his sons Ted and Fritz.Dick was born in Middleton, Ohio in 1925. He earned his B.S. in chemistry from
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