In Memoriam
President Maud S. Mandel and members of the Williams community paid tribute to nine retired and current faculty and staff members who have died in recent months.
They are: Kurt Tauber, the Class of 1924 Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, who died on Jan. 25; Jean-Bernard “Bernie” Bucky, the William Dwight Whitney Professor of Arts and Theatre, Emeritus, Feb. 13; Stephen Sheppard, the Class of 2012 Professor of Economics, March 2; Phyllis Cutler, college librarian, emerita, March 5; Norman Petersen Jr., the Washington Gladden 1859 Professor of Religion, Emeritus, March 26; John Hyde ’52, the Brown Professor of History, Emeritus, March 28; Frances Lippmann, retired director of the college counseling center, April 4; Stephen Fix, the Robert G. Scott ’68 Professor of English, April 23; and Tonio Palmer, director of entrepreneurship at the ’68 Center for Career Exploration, April 28.
Read tributes to these and other members of the Williams community at president.williams.edu/in-memoriam.