Obituary
Remembering Reverend Peter Gomes, Beloved Harvard Spiritual Leader
Reverend Peter J. Gomes, who passed away Monday, was one of Harvard's most beloved figures.
Tom Cavanagh, Ice Hockey Star, Dies at 28
Thomas G. Cavanagh ’05—a star ice hockey player during his time at Harvard who went on to play for the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League—died on Jan. 6.
Cabot House Administrator Susan Livingston Dies in Fire
Susan Livingston, who was serving as Cabot House administrator for her 28th year, died yesterday in her home, the Cabot House Masters wrote in an e-mail to the House community.
Late Business School Professor Melded Business and Social Science
Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Charles J. “Chuck” Christenson, a noted expert in managerial accounting and control, died last week of natural causes at his home in Cambridge, Mass., at the age of 80.
Brian Marsden, Astronomer, Dies at 73
Brian G. Marsden, famed astronomer and tracker of comets and asteroids, passed away on Nov. 18 due to prolonged illness. At Harvard, Marsden served as supervisory astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and as director emeritus of the Minor Planet Center.
Former Leverett House Master Passes Away
Richard T. Gill ’48, an influential economist, late-blooming opera singer, and former Master of Leverett House, died on Oct. 25 ...
Human Rights Scholar Dies at 92
Louis Henkin, a constitutional law scholar who helped found the field of human rights law, died last week. He was 92.
Former Cambridge City Councillor Dies
William H. Walsh, a former Cambridge City Council member and influential local figure in the 1980s, died suddenly in his home in Maine on Oct. 15. He was 65.
Group Walks Weekly for Peace
In the middle of the week, in the middle of the day, in the middle of Harvard Yard, a small ...
Slavic Professor Dies at 91
Horace Gray Lunt ’41, a revered linguist and philologist who served in the Slavic languages and literatures department for 40 years, died Aug. 11. He was 91.
Classicist Bernard Knox Passes Away
Celebrated classicist Bernard M.W. Knox once tossed his ten-year-old son a dog-eared translation of Thucydides, urging the boy to not miss the ancient author’s belief that his work was a “treasure for all time.”
POSTCARD: Living and Dying with Boston’s Neighborhood Newspapers
Community newspaper obituaries are the pinnacle of doom in modern society—the most doomed section of the most doomed newspapers in an industry that seems summarily doomed.
Friends Remember Brien Battiste as Passionate Intellectual
Brien Battiste—described as skilled guitarist, hungry intellectual, devoted friend, and even underground journalist—defies simple categorization.
'Love Story' Author Erich Segal Dies at 72
Erich W. Segal ’58, classics scholar and popular writer of works like “Love Story,” died Sunday from a heart attack at his home in London. Segal, who had been battling Parkinson’s disease for over 20 years, was 72.
