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Vasant Itagi
February 1, 2023
Dr. Vasant Itagi passed away on May 10, 2022, from age-related health problems. Itagi was born in Dharwad, India in 1933.
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Marles Lee (Mac) McCurdy
November 17, 2022
Dr. Marles Lee “Mac” McCurdy, of Fort Worth, TX, passed away on January 19, 2022 at the age of 72.
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Donald Lawrence Strandburg
August 1, 2022
March 16, 1930 – July 13, 2022 — Donald Strandburg, low temperature physicist and former chair of the physics department at San Jose State University, passed away on July 13 at the age of 92, following a heart attack.
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Robert Beck Clark
June 20, 2022
Former AAPT President, Robert Beck Clark, passed away at home in Murray, Utah on June 4, 2022.
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Alex Dickison
April 28, 2022
Alexander K. Dickison was a colleague and friend of physics teachers in Florida and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
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Frieda Stahl
November 8, 2021
Frieda Stahl (CSU Los Angeles), professor emerita of physics, died in October 2021 at the age of 99.
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Elizabeth Frazier Karplus
October 6, 2021
Elizabeth "Betty" (Frazier) Karplus passed away at home in Orinda, California, on September 22, 2021, at the age of 96.
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Warren Hein - Obituary
July 1, 2021
Warren Walter Hein, former AAPT Executive Officer, passed away suddenly on June 11, 2021, while living in Fenton, Michigan.
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Jack Willis - Obituary
January 12, 2021
Jack Willis died at home in hospice on Oct. 27, 2020 from metastasized prostate cancer at age 95.
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Uri Haber-Schaim - Obituary
October 23, 2020
Uri Haber-Schaim, a leader in science education for nearly half a century, died September 16, 2020 in his home in Jerusalem, Israel, at the age of 94. He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Shlomith, two daughters, a son, and three grandchildren.
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