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Death Notices - 2007

All information about these individuals is supplied by readers. The American Institute of Physics, Physics Today, and its staff assume no responsibility for the accuracy of the given information. Some of these listings will later appear as full obituaries in the print version of Physics Today.

202. Frederic H. Coensgen
10 February 1919 - 18 November 2007
Pleasanton, CA
Submitted by Richard F. Post
201. Barry “Mike” Casper
21 January 1939 - 27 January 2007
Northfield, MN
Submitted by B. R. Thomas and R. J. Noer
200. T. Weston Capehart
18 October 1948 – 26 October 2007
Rochester, MI
Submitted by George Graham and Jan Herbst
199. Thomas Schmidt
11 March 1958 - 03 December 2006
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Submitted by Gabriele Wagner
198. Sidney Richard Coleman
07 March 1937 - 18 November 2007
Cambridge, MA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
197. Mark Lewis Naiman
29 May 1922 - 01 August 2007
Lincoln, MA
Submitted by Adeline Naiman
196. Donald Maurice Ginsberg
19 November 1933 - 07 May 2007
Urbana, IL
Submitted by Nigel Goldenfeld
195. Simon Foner
13 August 1925 - 02 October 2007
Cambridge, MA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
194. Robert W. Bussard
11 August 1928 - 06 October 2007
Santa Fe, NM
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
193. Vlad Mitlin
24 February 1959 - 02 September 2007
San Diego, CA
Submitted by Isaac C. Sanchez
192. John Dropkin
22 February 1910 - 05 August 2007
Brooklyn, NY
Submitted by Lorcan Folan
191. Gerard John Bunick
27 May 1947 - 19 September 2007
Oak Ridge, TN
Submitted by Jenny P. Glusker
190. Roy Wallace
07 July 1927 - 18 August 2007
London, UK
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
189. Albert Wattenberg
13 April 1917 - 27 June 2007
Urbana, IL
Submitted by Inga Karliner
188. John Michael (Mike) White
26 November 1938 - 31 August 2007
Austin, TX
Submitted by Alan Campion
187. Gary Frederick Krebs
07 November 1943 - 22 May 2007
Berkeley, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
186. Ronald N. Bracewell
22 July 1921 – 12 August 2007
Stanford, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
185. Hirokazu Fujisaka
02 January 1949 – 21 August 2007
Kyoto, Japan
Submitted by Per Arne Rikvold
184. Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
24 April 1919 – 24 September 2007
Los Altos, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
183. Roger Hilsen Koch
01 November 1950 - 04 August 2007
Amawalk, NY
Submitted by J. Clarke, R. Laibowitz, W. Gallagher, and T.N. Theis
182. William S. Rodney
05 December 1925 - 09 August 2007
Washington, DC
Submitted by Harry Holmgren
181. Ignazio Fidone
04 November 1929 - 04 June 2007
Siracusa, Italy
Submitted by Ernesto Mazzucato
180. James Ricker Wilson
21 October 1922 - 14 August 2007
Livermore, CA
Submitted by Grant Mathews
179. Igor Leonidovich Solovtsov
09 January 1952 - 28 July 2007
Gomel, Belarus
Submitted by Kimball A. Milton
178. John William Gofman
21 September 1918 - 15 August 2007
San Francisco, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
177. Benjamin Ching-Chun Shen
28 January 1938 - 12 July 2007
Albany, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
176. Bernard Ephraim Julius Pagel
04 January 1930 – 14 July 7 2007
East Sussex, UK
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
175. Donald Michie
11 November 1923 – 07 July 7 2007
UK
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
174. Ralph Asher Alpher
1921 - 12 August 2007
Austin, TX
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
173. Frederick Walter Young, Jr.
13 September 1924 - 02 August 2007
Knoxville, TN
Submitted by James Roberto
172. Lorenzo M. Narducci
25 May 1942 - 21 July 2006
Philadelphia, PA
Submitted by Marlan O. Scully
171. Julius Wess
05 December 1934 - 08 August 2007
Hamburg, Germany
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
170. Kai Siegbahn
20 April 1918 - 20 July 2007
Angelholm, Sweden
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
169. S. N. Ghoshal
1923 - 30 July 2007
Calcutta, India
Submitted by Dr. Arjun N. Saxena
168. James Edward Bishop
16 January 1954 - 30 December 2006
Springfield, VA
Submitted by John Emmert
167. Edward der Mateosian
06 August 1914 - 20 May 2006
Bradenton, FL
Submitted by Ani Aprahamian
166. Ole Kleppa
1920 - 27 May 2007
Lubbock, TX
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
165. Dorrit Hoffleit
12 March 1907 - 09 April 2007
New Haven, CT
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
164. Tom Metcalf
05 October 1961 - 07 July 2007
Boulder, CO
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
163. Waldemar Gorzkowski
1939 - 15 July 2007
Warsaw, Poland
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
162. Warren Witzig
26 March 1921 - 13 June 2007
State College, PA
Submitted by Alan Chodos
161. Walter Ernst Meyerhof
22 April 1922 - 27 May 2006
Menlo Park, CA
Submitted by Stanley Wojcicki
160. John Morgan Eargle
06 January 1931- 07 May 2007
Los Angeles, CA
Submitted by Neil A. Shaw
159. John David Fox
08 December 1929 - 11 March 2007
Tallahassee, FL
Submitted by Kirby Kemper, Sam Tabor, Don Robson and Mark Riley
158. Hans-Jürgen Treder
04 February 1928 - 18 November 2006
Potsdam, Germany
Submitted by Wilfried Schröder
157. Heinz Wolfram Kasemir
30 August 1930 - 01 May 2007
Loveland, CO
Submitted by Lothar H. Ruhnke
156. Vincent Z. Peterson
18 June 1921 - 17 May 2007
Honolulu, HI
Submitted by Michael D. Jones
155. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
24 October 1932 – 18 May 2007
Orsay, France
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
154. Charles Malich
4 February 1919 - 28 April 2007
Los Angeles, CA
Submitted by Nancy Garcia
153. Gilbert Jerome Perlow
16 February 1916 - 10 February 2007
Downers Grove, IL
Submitted by John Schiffer
152. Leslie Colin Woods
06 December 1922 - 15 April 2007
Oxford, England
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
151. Michael Stephen
07 April 1933 - 15 April 2007
Cambridge, MA
Submitted by Elihu Abrahams
150. Stanley Bashkin
20 June 1923 - 01 May 2007
Rancho Tucson, AZ
Submitted by Alan Chodos
149. Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr.
12 March 1923 – 3 May 2007
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
148. Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
28 June 1912 - 28 April 2007
Starnberg, Bavaria
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
147. Bohdan Paczynski
08 February 1940 - 19 April 2007
Princeton, NJ
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
146. James Basil Gerhart
15 December 1928 - 27 February 2007
Seattle, WA
Submitted by David Bodansky
145. James Paul Wesley
21 July 1921 - 20 January 2007
Blumberg, Germany
Submitted by Alan Chodos
144. Chauncey Starr
14 April 1912 - 17 April 2007
San Francisco, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
143. Kevin P. Granata
1961 - 16 April 2007
Blacksburg, VA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
142. Paul J. Cohen
02 April 1934 - 23 March 2007
Stanford, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
141. Robert Hutchison
22 July 1938 - 26 January 2007
Cambridge, UK
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
140. Thomas L. Jenkins
1927 - 19 March 2007
Cleveland, OH
Submitted by William Fickinger
139. Jamshed R. Patel
01 March 1925 - 03 March 2007
Menlo Park, CA
Submitted by Nobumichi Tamura
138. Paul C. Lauterbur
06 May 1929 - 27 March 2007
Urbana, IL
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
137. Albert Baez
15 November 1912 - 20 March 2007
San Mateo County, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
136. Kenneth I. Greisen
1918 - 17 March 2007
Ithaca, NY
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
135. Daniel Israel Gordon
1921 – 05 March 2007
Chevy Chase, MD
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
134. Francis E. Low
1921 – 16 February 2007
Haverford, PA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
133. Pierre Lantos
1943 – 01 March 2007
Meudon, France
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
132. John W. Backus
03 December 1924 – 17 March 2007
Ashland, OR
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
131. Glenn M. Frye
1926 - 08 January 2007
Sierra Vista, AZ
Submitted by William Fickinger
130. George A Samara
05 December 1936 - 30 December 2006
Albuquerque, NM
Submitted by Jerry A. Simmons
129. Philip A. Casabella
18 February 1933 - 06 February 2007
Troy, NY
Submitted by Joan Perras
127. Harrold Brook Knowles
28 July 1925 - 20 February 2007
Oakland, CA
Submitted by Laura Knowles
126. Roger A. Lessard
11 September 1944 - 26 February 2007
Québec, Canada
Submitted by René Roy
125. Edward R. (Ted) Harrison
08 January 1919 - 29 January 2007
Amherst, MA
Submitted by William M. Irvine
124. Torben Huus
05 December 1919 - 31 August 2006
Copenhagen, Denmark
Submitted by Ben Mottelson
123. Francesco Ruggiero
16 August 1957 - 17 January 2007
Geneva, Switzerland
Submitted by Miguel A. Furman
122. Roger John Blin-Stoyle
24 December 1924 - 31 January 2007
Lewes, East Sussex, UK
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
121. Aaldert Hendrik Wapstra
1922 - 04 December 2006
Naarden, The Netherlands
Submitted by Joop Konijn
120. Paul O. Schissel
13 October 1924 - 28 December 2006
Wheatrigde, CO
Submitted by Alvin W. Czanderna
119. James Hillier
22 August 1915 - 15 January 2007
Princeton, NJ
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
118. Donald E. Osterbrock
13 July 1924 - 11 January 2007
Santa Cruz, CA
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
117. Kirill Yakovlevich Kondrat'ev
14 June 1920 - 01 May 2006
Russia
Submitted by Natasha Andronova
116. Thomas Fredrick Deutsch
24 April 1924 - 17 July 2006
Vienna, Austria
Submitted by Richard Osgood
115. Ik-Ju Kang
13 November 1928 - 24 February 2006
Maryville, IL
Submitted by P.N. Swamy
114. Daniel R Raichel
1935 - 22 December 2006
El Cajon, CA
Submitted by Ben Stein
113. Ian Ellery McCarthy
19 June 1930 - 23 April 2005
Adelaide, South Australia
Submitted by J McCarthy
112. Martin David Kruskal
28 September 1925 - 26 December 2006
Princeton, NJ
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
111. Jack Boag
20 June 1911 - 02 January 2007
London, UK 
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
110. James M. Palmer
03 September 1937 - 04 January 2007
Tucson, AZ 
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
109. Samuel Devons
30 September 1914 - 06 December 2006
New York, NY
Submitted by Physics Today Editorial Staff
 
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