In Memoriam Keith Knapp UCR Professor Emeritus of Resource Economics in the Department of Environmental Science (1950 - 2019) Keith passed away on November 27th, 2019, surrounded by his family and friends, in Riverside, California. Born in Wichita, Kansas, on July 28th, 1950, Keith was the first son of William H. and Jane L. Knapp...
In Memoriam Charles W. Coggins UCR Professor Emeritus of Plant Physiology (1930 - 2019) Charles (Charlie) W. Coggins, a professor emeritus of plant physiology, was known for groundbreaking citrus research that extended the growing season of navel and Valencia oranges. Charlie was a treasured member of CNAS and the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences...
In Memoriam Anthony W. Norman UCR Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Emeritus (1938 - 2019) Dr. Anthony W. Norman, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences Emeritus at UCR, passed away on June 14, 2019. He was 81. Born in Ames, Iowa in 1938, Tony earned his BS from Oberlin College in 1959...
In Memoriam Carlton Rowland Bovell UCR Professor Emeritus of Biology (1924 - 2019) Born and raised in New York City, Dr. Bovell served on the Italian front in World War II as a medic. He later received his bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College in 1949 and his master's degree there in 1952. He then moved...
In Memoriam Robert Stephen White UCR Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy (1920 - 2018) R. Stephen White, a Distinguished Professor of Physics (now Physics and Astronomy) at UC Riverside until he retired in 1990, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2018 in Santa Barbara after a series of illnesses. Steve joined the UCR physics...
In Memoriam James J. Sims UCR Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Plant Pathology Professor James J. (Jim) Sims, Emeritus, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology died peacefully at home on March 11, 2018 after a four-year battle with metastatic prostate cancer. Born in Winters, California, Prof. Sims was the first of four sons born to...
In Memoriam Robert Cort Haddon UCR distinguished professor of Chemistry and of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Robert Cort Haddon, UCR distinguished professor of Chemistry and of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Director of the Center for Nanoscale Science & Engineering, passed away April 21, 2016. Haddon is best known for the prediction and discovery of...
Dear Colleagues, Sadly, one of my first messages to faculty is to inform you of the recent loss of two emeritus colleagues: Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Bruce Chalmers (left), who passed away December 11; and Professor Emeritus of Entomology Earl Oatman (right), who passed away December 13. Professor Chalmers joined the Department of Mathematics in...
Dean Marylynn V. Yates issued the following announcement today: Dear Colleagues, I am once again saddened to announce the passing of one of our pioneering faculty members. George K. Helmkamp, who was the second person hired in chemistry in 1953, died March 28, 2015, at the age of 94. Professor Helmkamp received his B.A. from...
Professor Emeritus Wilbur (Bill) W. Mayhew, a founding member of the University of California, Riverside campus in 1954, died on Sept. 19, 2014. Mayhew served as an active professor in the Department of Zoology until his retirement in1989. Prior to that, Mayhew was a decorated veteran of World War II who completed his military service...
