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- 2024-05 Edward C. Stone passed away at the age of 88
- 2024-05 James Arthur Coates Sr. passed away at the age of 76
- 2024-05 Dieter Hovestadt passed away at the age of 91
- 2024-02 Leigh Littleton passed away at the age of 86
- 2024-01 Murry Perkins passed away at the age of 92
- 2022-03 Eugene Parker passed away at the age of 94
- 2022-01 Randy Jokipii passed away at the age of 82
- 2021-12 Dietrich Müller passed away at the age of 85
- 2021-01 Harold (Bud) Boersma passed away at the age of 90
- 2020-11 Jim Sullivan passed away at the age of 80
- 2020-05 Roger Pyle passed away at the age of 78
- 2019-11 Peter Walpole passed away at the age of 72
- 2019-05 Bill Mixon passed away at age 79
- 2018-12 Bill Dietrich passed away at the age of 75
- 2018-08 The Parker Solar Probe launched and is on its way to the sun. It was named after our retired colleague Eugene N. Parker.
- 2018-06 Tom Burdick passed away at the age of 81
- 2018-04 Gene Drag passed away this month
- 2017-08 Eugene N. Parker, Professor Emeritus of the University of Chicago, has been awarded the 2018 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research.
- 2017 06 Solar Probe named afrter Eugene Parker
- 2016-04 John Grunsfeld retires from NASA
- 2015-02 John Grunsfeld joins the Astronaut Hall of Fame
- 2015-02 Dave Smith passed away at the age of 74 in Chicago
- 2015-00 Joe Dwyer is now Professor in the Department of Physics and the Peter T. Paul Chair in Space Sciences at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
- 2014-06 David Chenette fired as director of NASA’s Heliophysics Division
- 2014-04 Maryann L'Heureux passed away on May 9, 2014
- 2013-09 David Chenette appointed New NASA Heliophysics Director
- 2012-08 John Grunsfeld appears on the Colbert Report
- 2012-04 I recently was contacted by Lynn Urry, a member of the Chicago Midway Labs. He send me a copy of a 1966 article by Jim Lamport which I posted on this site
- 2011-12 John Grunsfeld appointed to head NASA Science Directorate
- 2011-12 Roger "Gabe" Gabriel passed away on Dec 5, 2011
- 2011-05 Don Sturges passed away on May 27, 2011
- 2011-04 John Grunsfeld's father passed away at 81
- 2011-03 Bruce Winstein passed away on February 28, 2011. See also here
- 2011-02 Tom Economou is in the news, re: Stardust to visit comet Tempel1
- 2011-01 Coleman McCormick passed away on January 28, 2011 in Chicago
- 2010-10 A Celebration of the Life of Simon Swordy took place on November 18-19 on the campus of the University of Chicago
- 2010-07 Simon Swordy passed away on July 19, 2010. He was 56
- 2010-04 John Grunsfeld was featured in MIT's Technology Review
- 2010-03 Rémi
Jacquet passed away on April 24, 2010. He was 86
- Obituary and Guest Book- Chicago Tribume
- 2010-01Astronaut John Grunsfeld Appointed STScI Deputy Director.
- 2009-01 Leo Krawczyk passed away on Jan 1, 2009
- 2003-2009 Past News
The Early Days
- The Cosmic Ray Group in EFI - TBD
- The Chicago Midway Labs Story - From an old booklet scanned by Warren P. Harvey
- 1964 - LASR is dedicated by James Web - TBD
- CML/LASR Recollections - Sent in by alumni
- Meyer's Flyers - TBD
Directories
- LASR Alumni List - Help me complete
it
- LASR Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students - Very outdated (2000)
- University of Chicago Engineering Center (UCEC) - Skip's creation
- Department of Physics - Faculty, graduate students, ...
- Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI)
Pictures
- Midway Labs Mug Shots - 1960s
- LASR 1983 staff photo - With legend
- LASR 2004 staff photo - Only 8 or so of the original staff are left
- The LASR
Memorabilia Collection - More documents and pictures sent in by
alumni
- With pictures of Yvette McLean courtesy of Judy Kroeger
Wanted
- Old LASR phone books - 1970s and 1980s
- Other group pictures (scan at 200 dpi and save as jpg)
- Your story - Send it and I will post it - sort of like your own website
Recently Departed
- Edward C. Stone (1936-2024)
- Jim Coates Sr. (1947-2024)
- Dieter Hovestadt (1932-2024)
- Leigh Littleton (1937-2024)
- Murry Perkins (1931-2024)
- Eugene Parker (1927-2022)
- Randy Jokipii (1939-2022)
- Dietrich Müller (1936-2021)
- Harold (Bud) Boersma (1930-2021)
- Janet Mather (1941-2021)
- Jim Sullivan (1940-2020)
- K. Roger Pyle (1941-2020)
- Bill Mixon (1040-2019)
- Eugene Drag (1943-2018)
- Bill Dietrich (xxxx-2009)
- Roger "Gabe" Gabriel - (1929-2011)
- Don Sturges (1930-2011)
- Coleman McCormick - (-2011)
- Simon Swordy (1954-2010)
- The Guardian, UK - September 20, 2010
- Celebration of the Life of Simon Swordy -November 19-20, 2010
- Warren Harvey (1925-2009)
- John Stepney Sr. (1926-2009)
- Chang-Yun (Charlie) Fan (1918-2009)
- Leo Krawczyk (-2009)
- Tony Tuzzolino (1931-2008)
- Frank C. Jones (1932-2007)
- Marcia Cambric (1939-2007)
- John Cole (1932-2005)
- Ed Blume (1916-2005)
- Frank DiDonna (1956-2004)
- Moises Garcia Munoz (1922-2004)
- Yvette McLean (1948-2003)
- Pioneer-10 (1972-2003)
- Florenzel Ellis (1915-2002)
- Ken Yates (1924-2002)
- Gordon Lentz (1929-2002)
- Anthony Turkevich (1916-2002)
- Peter Meyer (1920-2002)
- Chicago Sun-Times - March 11, 2002
- University of Chicago Chronicle - April 11, 2002
- Biographical Memoir - National Academy of Sciences by Eugene Parker
- Peter Meyer on Wikipedia
- John Simpson (1916-2000)
- Biographical Memoir - National Academy of Sciences by Eugene Parker
- John Simpson on Wikipedia
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekar (1910-1995)
- George Vrabel (1909-1993)
Links
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Department of Physics
- Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research (LASR)
- Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI)
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