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Don Browning, Divinity School scholar of marriage and the family, 1934–2010
Don Browning, a professor in the Divinity School and a leading scholar on marriage in America, died June 3 at his home in Hyde Park. He was 76. A service for Browning will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday,...
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John Haugeland, scholar and former Philosophy Department chair, 1945–2010
John Haugeland, a scholar known for his work on philosophy of mind, died June 23 following a May 22 heart attack that occurred during a conference held in his honor. He was 65. At the conference,...
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Charles M. Jacobs, health care pioneer and creative force in the arts, 1933-2010
Charles M. Jacobs, AB,’53, JD’56, a founding member of the Compass Players improvisational troupe who went on to invent a quality-control methodology that made evidence-based health care widely...
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David Logan, AB’39, JD’41, supporter of arts and journalism, 1918-2011
David Logan, AB’39, JD’41, a longtime supporter of the arts and investigative reporting who left an enduring legacy at the University of Chicago, has died.The prominent Chicago attorney and investor...
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Morgan Buerkett, rising second-year in College, 1992-2011
Morgan Buerkett, a rising second-year in the College, died Sunday, July 24 in a private plane crash. She was 19. Her parents, Jon and Dana Buerkett, also died in the accident.“She will be painfully...
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University community mourns loss of Mandeep Bedi, AB’10
UPDATE:A campus remembrance of Mandeep Bedi’s life will be held Thursday, Sept. 1. Members of the campus community are welcome to attend.It is customary in the Sikh tradition to wear white at the time...
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Herman L. Sinaiko, longtime College professor and Plato scholar, 1929-2011
Update: A memorial service for Herman L. Sinaiko will take place Friday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. in Bond Chapel. Seating will begin at 3:30. Those who cannot attend the service may view it on cTV or at the...
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Eric Kerestes, Chicago Booth student, 1981-2012
Eric Kerestes, a 30-year-old student in the Evening MBA Program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, died after being struck by a taxicab early Tuesday, Aug. 14, as he waited for a...
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Alex Frizzell, fourth-year in the College, 1991-2013
Alex Frizzell was driven to help others, calling upon what she learned as a student of environmental economics, an avid traveler and an aspiring physician. Frizzell, a fourth-year in the College who...
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College student Austin Hudson-Lapore, 1992-2013
Update: The New Mexico memorial service for Austin Hudson-Lapore will be held at Albuquerque Academy on July 7 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Mountain Time. Those who cannot attend the service in person can watch...
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Laura Anne LaPlante, third-year law student, 1987-2014
Laura Anne LaPlante distinguished herself among her University of Chicago Law School classmates as a leader whose sharp intellect was matched by her kindness.LaPlante, 26, died May 2 from injuries...
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Kathleen Paige Bohanon, fourth-year in College, 1992–2014
Kathleen Paige Bohanon, fourth-year in the College, was guided by a passion for science, an infectious kindness, and an endless curiosity about the people and the world around her. She died on May 8 in...
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Memorial service for graduate student Matthew O’Connell set for Oct. 20
As a child, Matthew O’Connell wandered the aisles of the grocery store with his eyes glued to a book. As a graduate student at the University of Chicago, he pored over his reading at the library and...
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Nadia Ezaldein, fourth-year College student, 1992-2014
When fellow College students describe Nadia Ezaldein, they recall a caring young woman who showered kindness on others.“She had a thoughtfulness that was unmatched,” said Rachel Silver, AB’13, a close...
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Amy Kass, inspirational teacher who treasured a humanistic education, 1940–2015
During a teaching career that spanned 34 years at the University of Chicago, Amy Kass designed courses that addressed both the enduring questions of human existence and the urgent questions facing...
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