Passages
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Mildred T. Stahlman, who pioneered the treatment of lung disease in premature infants and who was a tireless advocate of children of all ages, has died
Dr. Stahlman, professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is credited with establishing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) the nation’s first newborn intensive care unit to use monitored respiratory therapy in babies born with damaged lungs. Read MoreJul 2, 2024
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Mitchell Seligson, Centennial Professor of Political Science, emeritus, has died
Mitchell A. Seligson, Centennial Professor of Political Science, professor of sociology, emeritus, and founder of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) Lab died June 1, 2024, in New York City. He was 78. Read MoreJun 25, 2024
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Civil rights icon and Distinguished Professor Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. dies at 95
The Rev. James Morris Lawson Jr., a leader of the Civil Rights Movement who trained scores of activists during his time in Nashville—many of whom went on to prominence—and whose expulsion from Vanderbilt in 1960 led to national headlines and prompted some faculty members to resign in protest, died Sunday, June 9, in Los Angeles. He was 95. Read MoreJun 11, 2024
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James Auer, founder of the Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation, has died
Auer, senior lecturer of Asian studies, emeritus, died May 16, 2024 at age 82, as a result of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Read MoreMay 28, 2024
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Thomas Weiler, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, has died
Thomas Weiler, professor of physics and astronomy, emeritus, died December 17, 2023, after enduring a progressive neurodegenerative variant of Parkinson’s disease. He was 74. Read MoreJan 29, 2024
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David Hercules, Centennial Professor of Chemistry, emeritus, has died
David Hercules, Centennial Professor of Chemistry emeritus, who served as the chair of the Department of Chemistry for eight years, died January 20, 2024, after a battle with cancer. He was 91. Read MoreJan 25, 2024
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John C. Kornblum, Vanderbilt’s first distinguished ambassador in residence, has died
John C. Kornblum, distinguished ambassador in residence and writer in residence for the Max Kade Center for European & German Studies, died Dec. 21, 2023, in Nashville. He was 80. Read MoreJan 24, 2024
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Dennis G. Hall, dean emeritus, professor and Vanderbilt’s first associate provost for research, has died
Dennis G. Hall, Vanderbilt’s first associate provost and later vice provost for research, dean emeritus of the Graduate School, professor emeritus of physics and professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science, died Jan. 6 in Nashville. Read MoreJan 16, 2024
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Ken Roberts: Visionary Community and Business Leader
Obituary for Kenneth Lewis “Ken” Roberts, BA’54, JD’59, of Nashville, emeritus member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust and an active and engaged leader in the Nashville community. Read MoreJun 15, 2023
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Joseph C. Hough Jr., Vanderbilt Divinity School dean in the 1990s, has died
Joseph C. Hough Jr., who led the Vanderbilt Divinity School from 1990 to 1999, died May 15 in Claremont, California, after a long illness. He was 89. Read MoreJun 6, 2023
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Terrance Dean, MTS’14, MA’18, PhD’19: Gifted Educator and Author
Terrance Dean, assistant professor at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, died Aug. 11 after an illness. He was 53. Read MoreNov 4, 2022
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Billy Joe Adcock, BE’50: ’Dores Basketball Hall of Famer
William J. Adcock, BE’50, the first Vanderbilt basketball scholarship recipient and a member of the Vanderbilt Athletics Hall of Fame, of Kirkwood, Missouri, died July 29, 2022. Read MoreNov 4, 2022
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Hargrove, emeritus professor of political science and noted presidential scholar, has died
Erwin Charles Hargrove Jr., professor of political science, emeritus, and a former director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, died Oct. 11 in Nashville. Read MoreOct 20, 2022
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Patricia Ingram Hart, BA’57, philanthropist and civic leader, has died
Patricia Ingram Hart, one of Vanderbilt University’s most generous benefactors, died Aug. 13 at her home in Nashville. Read MoreSep 7, 2022
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Conkin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and eminent American intellectual historian, has died
Paul K. Conkin, Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus, former chair of the Department of History and author of more than 20 books on a wide range of American intellectual history, died July 23 in Nashville. Read MoreAug 8, 2022
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Marice Moylan Wolfe, MLS’77: University Archivist and Head of Special Collections
Marice Wolfe, of Nashville, the first woman to serve as Vanderbilt’s university archivist, died Jan. 3. She was 86. Read MoreApr 27, 2022
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Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., JD’60: Federal Judge
Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr., of Nashville, died Jan. 17. He was 86. A Nashville native, he was a major figure in the legal community in Nashville and the state of Tennessee, and he served as a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit for 44 years. Read MoreApr 27, 2022
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Yusef Harris ’83: Entrepreneur and Community Builder
Joseph “Yusef” Fontaine Harris III, founder and owner of Alkebu-Lan Images, Nashville’s only independent, Black-owned bookstore and a cornerstone of the North Nashville community for more than 35 years, died Jan. 3. Read MoreApr 27, 2022
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Beegie Adair: Nashville Jazz Legend
Bobbe Gorin “Beegie” Long Adair, renowned pianist and bandleader and retired adjunct lecturer in jazz improvisation at Blair School of Music, died Jan. 23 in Franklin, Tenn. Read MoreFeb 23, 2022
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Julie Ditty Qualls, BS’02: Vanderbilt Tennis Legend
Julie Ditty Qualls of Ashland, Kentucky, a member of the Vanderbilt Athletics Hall of Fame who helped the women’s tennis team reach unprecedented heights and distinguished herself as a professional player, died Aug. 31, 2021. Read MoreJan 31, 2022