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In Memoriam: Ben Dillon

The beloved marketing and communications manager for the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies died on March 4 after a sudden and intense battle with cancer.

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Nelson Graburn, UC Berkeley professor who studied the effects and meaning of tourism, dies at 88

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Bruce Ames, developer of a simple, widely used test to detect carcinogens, is dead at 95

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Physicist Paul Richards, a pioneer in studies of the cosmic microwave background, dies at 90

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Cheri A. Pies, author of pioneering book on lesbian parenting, dies at 73

Claude Stoller, pioneer of affordable housing design, has died

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James Valentine, paleontologist who grappled with the origin of animal diversity, has died at 96

Remembering alumnus, ‘accidental entrepreneur’ Gordon Moore

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Former Pacific Film Archive director Tom Luddy dies at 79

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David Hodges, pioneer in integrated circuit design, dies at 85

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Lee W. Riley, leader in decolonizing global health, dies at 73

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Joyce Lashof, first female dean of Berkeley Public Health, dies at 96

Pravin Varaiya, pioneer in smart transportation, dies at 81

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Karl Pister, former UC Santa Cruz chancellor and UC Berkeley dean, has died

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Leo Bersani, cultural critic and professor emeritus of French, has died

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Cosmic ray physicist P. Buford Price has died at 89

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