It is with much sadness that the Department of Physics announces the passing of several members of our community.

• Donald Robert Benton (Ph.D., '85) died on May 5, 2023.
• Larry Lambert Burton (Ph.D., '77) died on March 23, 2023.
• Richard Durkin (M.S., '72) died on April 22, 2023. 
• Lewis Fulcher, a former postdoctoral associate, died on May 9, 2023.
• Professor Emeritus Charles William Misner died on July 24, 2023. A memorial service is planned for November 10 & 11.  More
• Sherman Poultney, a faculty member who worked on the Lunar Laser Ranging Reflector for Apollo 11, died on February 9, 2023.
• Bruce Rowley, a talented machinist in the Department of Physics from 2004 until his retirement in 2022,, died on July 19.
• Arthur W. Ruff (Ph.D., '64), died on April 24, 2023.
• Philip DiLavore III, a who served as an Assistant Professsor before moving to Indiana State University in 1971, on died July 16, 2023.
• Jonathan San Miguel (B.S., '17), died on April 16, 2023, in Stanford, CA.