Obituaries

MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Eli Shapiro dies at 94The school’s first associate dean, he helped guide MIT Sloan in the years after its founding.

Omar Khalidi, longtime MIT research librarian, dies at age 57He worked at the MIT Libraries from 1983 until recently.

Aerospace engineer Joseph Gavin ‘41, SM ‘42 dies at 90Former president of Grumman Aircraft led Lunar Module development for NASA, aided in the rescue of Apollo 13

Harry P. Portnoy, former campus architect, dies at age 88

Robert J. Butler, former design research engineer at MIT, dies at 89An MIT engineer for 25 years, he helped design instruments for NASA’s Voyager spacecraft.

Retired MIT accountant Robert Noel Clark dies at 74He helped build many of MIT’s accounting systems during more than 35 years at the Institute.

Scientist-astronaut and former MIT professor William B. Lenoir dies at 71An MIT junior faculty member in the 1960s, he later flew on the space shuttle and became a NASA associate administrator.

Roger W. Sudbury, former executive officer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, dies at age 72A leader in microwave solid-state electronics for radar, he worked at the Laboratory for 41 years and became a trusted adviser and mentor to many.

James Keck, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies at 86Worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos

George J. Devlin Jr., an MIT power plant maintenance mechanic, dies at 50Had worked at the Cogeneration Plant for five years

Charles Freed, pioneer of laser technologies, dies at age 84A Russian prison camp survivor, he worked at Lincoln Lab for 32 years and designed and built many laser systems still in use today.

John Hynes, MIT administrator for 44 years, dies at age 66

Ain Sonin, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies at age 72

Bill Mitchell, former dean of MIT's School of Architecture and Planning, dies at age 65He was an outspoken advocate for radically transforming infrastructure to create responsive sustainable cities, and played an instrumental role in transforming MIT's physical campus.

Memorial service for Michael Feld to be held June 16'Remembering Michael' to feature reflections on the late physicist's personal and professional life

Joshua Jahnke, recently completed graduate studies, dies at age 29Dying from pancreatic cancer, the U.S. Navy lieutenant was determined to earn his degree.

Art Smith, former dean and EECS professor, diesElectrical engineering professor made meaningful contributions to student life and learning

Scientist, engineer and presidential adviser H. Guyford Stever dies at 93He headed two MIT departments, was president of Carnegie-Mellon University and directed the National Science Foundation.

Michael S. Feld, physics professor, dies at age 69Made fundamental contributions in the field of laser science; applied physics to biomedical problems

Charles Batterman, longtime MIT diving coach, dies at age 87A former national champion, he pioneered the use of physics principles in the analysis of dives.

Nuclear engineer Thomas Pigford, former MIT professor, dies at age 87Helped lay the foundation for MIT’s graduate program in nuclear engineering

Professor Emeritus Norman D. Ham, helicopter rotor design expert, dies at age 80

Carl Kaysen, MIT professor emeritus and national security expert, dies at age 89As an adviser under President Kennedy, he helped negotiate a key nuclear test ban treaty.

Zipporah Levinson, Department of Mathematics’ ‘den mother,’ dies at age 93The wife of the late Institute Professor Norman Levinson opened her home to many of the department’s mathematicians