Death notices 2007
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| 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 |