In Memoriam

at UW from 1966-2006
died in 2023
University of Minnesota, 1963
Research:  Analysis

at UW from 1963-2003
died in 2019
Princeton, 1961
Research: harmonic analysis of special functions, orthogonal polynomials and special functions, and special functions related to group theory.

at UW from 1958-2009
died in 2014
Yale University, 1956
Research:  Geometry, linear search, flows, academic freedom
Home page:  https://people.math.wisc.edu/beck/

at UW from 1974 to 2006
died in 2022
Yale University, 1974
Research: Lie algebras, structure of algebras, quantum groups, representation theory and combinatorics

at UW from 2002-2019
died in 2024
Harvard University, 1987

Research:  algebraic number theory, group theory, arithmetic geometry, computational algebra, coding theory, cryptography, and other applications of algebra to electrical engineering.

Link:  AMS :: Notices of the American Mathematical Society

at UW from 1960-1996
died in 2021
MIT, 1956
Research:  mathematical modeling of epidemiological problems and population systems, with emphasis on the dynamical system aspects and approaches.

at UW from 1956-1993
died in 2020
University of Michigan, 1952
Research:  probability theory and stochastic processes
https://hilbert.math.wisc.edu/node/847

at UW from 1962-1995
died in 2014
MIT, 1961
Research: linear algebra and matrix theory
In Memoriam: Howard Conner 

at UW from 1974-1990
died in 2026
UC-Berkeley, 1965
Research: partial differential equations, e.g., with bifurcation theory, evolution equations, generation of semigroups of transformations on Banach spaces and the theory of Hamilton–Jacobi equations.

at UW from 1962-1993
died in 2022
University of Michigan, 1959
Research:  study of symmetry and patterns in primitive art, ethnomathematics

at UW from 1967-2009
died in 2013
NYU, 1965
Research: Dynamics of Elastic Structures

at UW from 1955-1993
died in 2018
Ohio State University, 1952
Research: Algebraic Topology, Fixed Point Theory
In Memoriam: Ed Fadell

at UW from 1966-2001
died in 2017
Johns Hopkins, 1962
Research: Number Theory
Remembering Hiroshi Gunji

at UW from 1966-2001
died in 2007
Tulane, 1961
Research: Mathematics and Computer Education

at UW from 1961-2001
died in 2017
Princeton, 1960
Research: algebraic topology, on topics such as loop spaces and configuration spaces
Remembering Sufian Husseini

at UW from 1969 – 2011
died in 2025
Harvard, 1964
Research:  finite group theory

Link: https://www.math.wisc.edu/memorial-resolution-for-marty-isaacs/

at UW from 1966-2006
died in 2014
Notre Dame, 1965
Research:  Classical Groups

At UW from 1953 – 1967

Died 03/18/2025

Research:  Complex analysis and approximation theory.

at UW from 1968-2008
died on 8/14/2020
Stanford, 1968
Research: set theory, automated deduction, topology, measure theory.
In Memoriam: Ken Kunen 
Ken Kunen’s web page:  https://people.math.wisc.edu/logic/kunen/
November 2022 AMS Notices Memoriam:  https://www.ams.org/notices/202210/rnoti-p1758.pdf

At UW from 1967-2008
Died on 4/19/2025
Stanford, 1967
Research:  convergence, approximation, and representation of several important classes of Markov processes.

Links:  https://go.wisc.edu/kurtzobit

at UW from 1963-1997
died March, 2008
M.I.T., 1953
Research: Integral Equations, Ordinary Differential Equations

at UW from 1961-1999
died in 2014
Research: structure of noetherian modules and related topics.

at UW from 1966-1997
died in 2026
University of Wisconsin, 1960
Research: topology, specializing the the study of 3-manifolds and properties of geometric shapes that remain unchanged under continuous deformation.

at UW from 1960-2000
died November 8, 2011
Yale University, 1960
Research: Curriculum Development

at UW from 1976-2015
died March 9, 2019
Cornell, 1976
Research: computable model theory

at UW from 1963-1996
died in 2022
New York University, 1957
Research:  complex analysis (quasi-conformal maps), sparse matrix  theory and its connection to graphs, numerical methods for partial differential equations, iterative methods, and preconditioners for numerical solutions of  matrix equations

at UW 1968-2003, died July 11, 2008
University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1964
Research: Harmonic and Fourier Analysis

at UW from 1959-1991
died on March 18, 2013
University of Texas, 1949
Research:  Set-Theoretical Topology

at UW from 1959-1991
died on May 20, 2010
Duke University, 1949
Research: Complex and Harmonic Analysis

at UW from 1965-1988
died on Oct. 4, 2015
University of Minnesota, 1964
Research: ordinary and partial differential equations, systems theory, elasticity, mathematical modeling, and control theory
Obituary

at UW from 1959-1993
died in 2014
Edinburgh University, 1952
Research: Linear Algebra and Matrix Analysis
Homepage:  https://people.math.wisc.edu/hans/

at UW from 1965-1996
died in 2013
Brown University, 1963
Research: Asymptotic Methods in Fluid Dynamics
https://sites.google.com/site/drmcshen/

at UW from 1969-2000
died in 2020
Harvard University, 1958
Research: reflection groups, Coxeter groups. descent algebra, hyperplane arrangements

Senior Lecturer at UW from 1983-2002
M.A. from Illinois Inst. of Technology, 1966
Taught classes: numerical analysis courses in CS Department, calculus sequence in the Math Department, quantitative reasoning for Math Education students
died in 2016

at UW from 1964-1996
died in 2021
Ph.D., Brown University, 1962
Research:  function theory
In Memoriam: Michael Voichick – Department of Mathematics – UW–Madison (wisc.edu)