Joseph Kohn, professor of mathematics, emeritus, a leader in the field of several complex variables, died on Sept. 13. He was 91.
Category Archives: Faculty
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.
Harry Frankfurt
Harry Frankfurt, professor of philosophy, emeritus, renowned for his scholarship on free will and moral responsibility, died from a number of causes, including congestive heart failure, at a care facility in Santa Monica, California, on July 16, 2023. He was 94.
William Howarth
William “Will” Howarth, professor of English, emeritus, and eminent Thoreau scholar and environmental humanist, died of interstitial lung disease at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center on June 6, 2023. He was 82.
Robert Geddes
Robert Geddes, the founding dean of Princeton’s School of Architecture, the William R. Kenen Jr. Professor of Architecture, renowned urbanist and innovative educator, died on Feb. 13, 2023. He was 99.
Russell Banks
Russell Banks, the Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, and professor of the Humanities Council and creative writing, emeritus, died on Jan. 7, 2023. He was 82.
Robert Tignor
Robert “Bob” Tignor, the Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Emeritus, died on December 9, 2022, of complications related to pneumonia at his home in Princeton. He was 89.
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Princeton Environmental Institute, Emeritus, died on Sept. 28, 2022