Nick Holonyak Jr., pioneer of LED lighting, dies Sep 18, 2022 3:00 pm16400 views Nick Holonyak Jr., a renowned innovator of illumination, has died. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor was 93 years old. Holonyak (pronounced huh-LON-yak) is credited with the development of the first practical visible-spectrum LED, now commonly used in light bulbs, device displays and lasers worldwide. Alumnus Jack Welch, former General Electric CEO and chairman, dies at 84 Mar 2, 2020 1:45 pm6776 views John Francis “Jack” Welch Jr., 84, the former CEO and chairman of General Electric Co., has died. He was a chemical engineer who earned a Ph.D. in 1960 in chemical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Scott R. White, pioneer of self-healing materials, has died May 31, 2018 10:45 am6568 views University of Illinois aerospace engineering professor Scott R. White, an innovator of self-healing and self-regulating materials, died Monday of cancer at age 55. Deaths Jul 25, 2019 3:30 pm3854 views Dolores Jane Byers ... Martin Joseph Knanishu ... Warren C. McCarty ... Kurtis Isaiah Pealer ... Patricia Eileen Price ... Selma Katharine Richardson ... Grace Christine (McCormick) Prestin Samford ... Winton U. Solberg Bob Reid, influential journalism professor at Illinois, dies at age 64 Dec 15, 2004 9:00 am3540 views Robert D. Reid, a recently retired professor of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, suffered a heart attack and died early today at his home in Champaign. He was 64. Nina Baym, pioneer in the study of American women writers, has died Jun 21, 2018 9:00 am2873 views Nina Baym, an internationally recognized scholar of American literature and a pioneer in the field of study of American women’s writing, has died. Klaus Schulten, pioneer in biophysics and computational biology, has died Nov 4, 2016 8:30 am2354 views University of Illinois physics professor Klaus Schulten, an innovator in the use of computational methods to study the chemical and biological processes driving living cells, died Monday, Oct. 31, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. He was 69. Former U. of I. police chief remembered as great leader Apr 7, 2016 11:30 am1153 views Former University of Illinois police chief Paul Dollins is being remembered as a leader in law enforcement, a community builder and a great friend. Deaths Jan 14, 2016 10:30 am1108 views Nancy Abelmann … James E. Barden Sr. … Dr. Sol Barnett … Diana Jane Fillenwarth Ganley … Lois J. Seibold … Dominic O. Skaperdas and Memorial services: Verlin B. “Andy” Anderson … Martha Rae Swartz Barbee … Alfred “Bud” Cler Deaths Dec 22, 2015 4:15 pm1102 views Deaths Oct 4, 2018 2:30 pm1082 views Rita Josephine Deters ... John L. Larson ... Marilyn Sue O’Hara ... 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Wardlow … and Memorial Service: Elizabeth Kelly-Fry Deaths Mar 10, 2016 10:15 am568 views William Leno Anderson ... Gaylord Frederick ... Zoltan Ujhelyi Deaths Jun 7, 2018 11:30 am550 views Charles M. Brown ... Norman C. Maske ... Terry D. Moore ... Eris E. Ponsler ... Ruth E. Shull Deaths Feb 25, 2016 9:00 am544 views John W. Andresen … Gerald Brighton … Artha L. Chamberlain … Margaret Ann Harsacky … Martin Donald Ignazito … Plessa Edward Mast … Frederick A. Rodgers … Joseph T. Verdeyen; and Memorial service for Frances Jo Freeman Crawford. Deaths Oct 29, 2015 9:00 am542 views Deaths Oct 15, 2015 9:00 am529 views Deaths Feb 22, 2018 2:45 pm528 views Marilois Barker ... Donald “Don” Lee Day ...Steven J. D’Urso ... Charles Walter “Erik” Eriksen ... Jack Theodore Harroun ... C. Rex Mahannah ... Kenneth Neil Statzer Deaths Nov 25, 2015 9:00 am528 views Deaths Nov 29, 2018 1:15 pm526 views Alva “Tad” LeRoy Addy ... Nancy J. Blackburn ... Belle Anna Brine ... John Roy Campbell ... 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