
‘A true polymath’: UC Berkeley student Alexander Denny dies at age 26
UC Berkeley undergraduate Alexander Denny, a literature aficionado and guitarist remembered by friends as a “beautiful person,” died unexpectedly in his bed Nov. 1.
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UC Berkeley undergraduate Alexander Denny, a literature aficionado and guitarist remembered by friends as a “beautiful person,” died unexpectedly in his bed Nov. 1.
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Poet, memoirist, publisher and former English teacher at UC Berkeley Adam David Miller died on November 4 at the age of 98.
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Dave Altman, pioneer rock climber and Berkeley Ironworks climbing trainer, died Tuesday at the age of 68 after his van caught fire.
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Campus anthropology researcher and University of Washington anthropology assistant professor Sam Dubal was reported missing Oct. 12 and is now presumed dead.
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UC Berkeley student Zoë Rogers will be remembered for advocating for justice, according to Theresa Fasano, Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, or GMAHS, director of athletics.
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Richard Calendar, a UC Berkeley professor in the department of molecular and cell biology, or MCB, died Oct. 10 at the age of 80.
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UC Berkeley professor emeritus of astronomy Stuart Bowyer, who died Sept. 23, will be remembered for his contributions to the field of X-ray astronomy and his pioneering observations in extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, or EUV.
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UC Berkeley alumnus, local political activist and world traveler David Mundstock died Aug. 28 at the age of 72.
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Caring father, friend, colleague, engineer and UC Berkeley professor emeritus Richard “Dick” White died Aug. 14 at the age of 90 in his home on Panoramic Hill. He will be remembered for his drive to help others through invention, his care for the world around him and his ingenuity.
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Mary Ann Mason, UC Berkeley’s first female graduate dean, died July 27 at the age of 76.
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