Obituary
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Ken Wallston, prominent nursing researcher and health psychology pioneer, has died
Kenneth A. Wallston, professor of nursing, emeritus, regarded internationally as one of the founders of health psychology, died in Asheville, North Carolina, on Oct. 27. He was 78. Read MoreNov 11, 2020
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Federspiel, professor of biostatistics, emeritus, has died
Charles Foster "Chuck" Federspiel, a Vanderbilt University faculty member for 61 years and founding director of the Division of Biostatistics, died Oct. 19. He was 91. Read MoreNov 3, 2020
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Haywood, early director of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and pioneer in research on developmental disabilities, has died
H. Carl Haywood, professor of psychology, emeritus, and former Kennedy Center director, died Oct. 12 in Nashville. He was 89. Read MoreOct 30, 2020
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Former Vanderbilt Prize winner Amon mourned
Angelika Amon, PhD, a pioneering cell and molecular biologist and winner of the 2018 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, died Oct. 29 from cancer. She was 53. Read MoreOct 30, 2020
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Grisham, former library director and co-founder of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, has died
Frank P. Grisham, who led the Vanderbilt library from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, a time that included the establishment of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive and the transition of the libraries after the merger with George Peabody College for Teachers, died Oct. 9. He was 92. Read MoreOct 26, 2020
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Labor economist T. Aldrich Finegan has died
Thomas Aldrich Finegan, a Vanderbilt University professor of economics, emeritus, and a meticulous empirical scholar of labor economics, has died. He was 91. Read MoreSep 30, 2020
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Cook, engineering associate dean, emeritus, has died
George E. Cook, associate dean for research and graduate studies and professor of electrical engineering, emeritus, at Vanderbilt, died Monday, Sept. 14. He was 82. Read MoreSep 22, 2020
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Tuleen, longtime Vanderbilt administrator and chemistry professor, has died
David L. Tuleen, an emeritus chemistry professor who excelled first as a teacher and later as a university administrator, has died. Read MoreSep 18, 2020
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Vaughan Jones, preeminent Vanderbilt mathematician, has died
Vaughan Jones, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians and a celebrated professor in the College of Arts and Science, has died. Read MoreSep 9, 2020
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Walter, emeritus political scientist who taught public policy, has died
Benjamin Walter, an emeritus political scientist whose teaching and research interests included American government, environmental policy and suburban politics, has died. Read MoreSep 2, 2020
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Vanderbilt community mourns passing of Robert Gotcher
Robert Edward Lee “Bob” Gotcher, BA’46, MD’49, of Hillsborough, California, died peacefully at home on Aug. 19 surrounded by family. Read MoreAug 26, 2020
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John Vrooman, revered professor of sports economics, has died
Vanderbilt emeritus professor of economics John Vrooman, who had a passion for all things sports and taught one of the most popular classes at Vanderbilt focusing on sports economics, passed away on July 5. Before he passed, Vrooman asked that he not have an official obituary, but fellow economics professor Robert Driskill wrote this remembrance of Vrooman, who had a teaching career that spanned almost five decades. Read MoreJul 17, 2020
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In Memoriam
Vanderbilt has lost three prominent members of the university community in recent weeks: Hans Stoll, the Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Professor of Finance, Emeritus; Brownlee O. Currey Jr., an alumnus and emeritus trustee; and John Loomis, an alumnus and former member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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Former Vanderbilt alumni trustee John Loomis has died
John R. Loomis, a former alumni trustee on the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, philanthropist and investment adviser, died March 31 from long-term health issues. The Larchmont, New York, resident was 90. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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Alumnus and philanthropist Brownlee O. Currey Jr. has died
Brownlee O. Currey Jr., an alumnus, emeritus trustee, financial services executive and entrepreneur noted for his philanthropic leadership at Vanderbilt University and in the community, has died. He was 91. Read MoreMar 27, 2020
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Hans Stoll, Vanderbilt financial research pioneer, has died
Hans Stoll, a pioneer in the world of academic finance and the Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Professor of Finance, Emeritus, at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management, died March 20. He was 80. Read MoreMar 24, 2020
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Mihal, who elevated Vanderbilt’s Asian art resources, has died
Milan Mihal, a noted Asian art historian who shared his expertise with the community during a time of rapidly developing cultural ties between Japan and Tennessee, has died at the age of 91. Read MoreFeb 19, 2020
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Stanley Cohen, Vanderbilt biochemist who won Nobel Prize, has died
Stanley Cohen, a legendary Vanderbilt University biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of epidermal growth factor and its receptor, died on Feb. 5 at the age of 97. Read MoreFeb 6, 2020
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Prominent Peabody scholar on education for visually impaired dies
Randall Harley, a retired professor of special education at Peabody College who was noted for his scholarship on visual impairment education, has died. Read MoreJan 17, 2020
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Barbara Bowen, prominent Renaissance scholar at Vanderbilt, has died
Barbara C. Bowen, professor of French, emerita, and a distinguished Renaissance scholar who was the first woman to chair a College of Arts and Science department, has died. Read MoreDec 19, 2019