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William L. McMillan, Vijay R. Pandharipande, and John Bardeen, ca. 1977
William L. McMillan, Vijay R. Pandharipande, and John Bardeen, ca. 1977

This incomplete list recognizes those scholars whose insight, creativity, collegiality,
and standards of excellence so enriched our department and our lives.

Scholars

  • Peter Axel
    1923-1983
  • John Bardeen
    1908-1991
  • James H. Bartlett
    1904-2000
  • Frederick C. Brown
    1924-2011
  • Richard Brown
    1924-2009
  • Robert M. Clegg
    1945-2012
  • Harry G. Drickamer
    1918-2002
  • Laura B. Eisenstein
    1942-1985
  • Donald M. Ginsberg
    1933-2007
  • Paul Handler
    1929-1998
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    1923-2005
  • Lorella M. Jones
    1943-1995
  • James S. Koehler
    1914-2006
  • Leo S. Lavatelli
    1917-1998
  • David Lazarus
    1921-2011
  • F. Wheeler Loomis
    1889-1976
  • Ernest M. Lyman
    1910-1990
  • Robert J. Maurer
    1913-1995
  • William L. McMillan
    1936-1984
  • Vijay R. Pandharipande
    1940-2006
  • Clark S. Robinson
    1917-1998
  • Frederick Seitz
    1911-2008
  • Albert Wattenberg
    1917-2007

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