Howard Francis Taylor, an emeritus professor of sociology and a pioneering scholar on race and intelligence testing, died on March 21, 2023. He was 83.
Category Archives: 2023
Natalie Zemon Davis
Natalie Zemon Davis, the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Emeritus, and a social and cultural historian, died of cancer at her home in Toronto on Oct. 21, 2023. She was 94.
John Wilson
John Wilson, the Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion, Emeritus, died of complications from COVID-19 on Oct. 5, 2023, at home in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He was 90.
Victor W. Laurie
Victor Laurie, professor of chemistry, emeritus, made numerous contributions to the field of microwave spectroscopy. He died on Sept. 13 at age 88.
William B. Russel
William B. Russel, a leading chemical engineer who had a lasting impact on graduate education as dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University, died on Sept. 24, 2023, in Princeton. He was 77.
Janet Martin
Janet Martin, associate professor of classics, emeritus, and an expert in medieval Latin, died of cardiovascular disease at home in Princeton, New Jersey, on Aug. 30, 2203. She was 84.
Joseph J. Kohn
Joseph Kohn, professor of mathematics, emeritus, a leader in the field of several complex variables, died on Sept. 13. He was 91.
Robert Lisk
Robert Lisk, professor of biology, emeritus, died on Sept. 12. He was 88.
Michael Goldman
Michael Goldman, professor of English, emeritus, scholar of Shakespeare and Ibsen, accomplished poet and one of the most distinguished voices in American dramatic criticism, died at home in Manhattan on Aug. 17, 2023. He was 87.
W. Jason Morgan
William Jason Morgan, Princeton University’s Knox Taylor Professor of Geology, Emeritus and a professor of geophysics, emeritus, was a pioneer of the theory of plate tectonics. He died at home July 31.