Category: In Memoriam

David Kilcoyne was a longtime member of the ALS community, working on several different beamlines starting in 1999. He passed away in June 2022. Read about his life and work from his family, friends, and coworkers. You can also contribute to a memory board. https://als.lbl.gov/in-memoriam-david-kilcoyne-als-research-scientist/

Zach Anderson, a former SULI intern at Berkeley Lab during the Fall 2013 and Fall 2015 terms, has passed away. He worked under the mentorship of Peter Ercius and Colin Ophus, who are both Staff Scientists in the Molecular Foundry Division. His friends and colleagues will miss him. https://education.lbl.gov/2022/04/28/in-memoriam-of-zach-anderson/

Brian Kincaid, the first director of the Advanced Light Source, died earlier this year. Kincaid provided leadership in the transition from construction to an operating scientific facility. The ALS community honors the many contributions he made to the early years of the Lab’s facility. https://als.lbl.gov/in-memoriam-brian-kincaid-former-als-director/

Grinnell, part of a mated pair of peregrine falcons who have resided for several years in the UCB campanile, was found dead Thursday apparently hit by a car. He and his partner Annie have raised several falcons over the years. Annie is currently sitting on a nest. https://www.instagram.com/p/CbyLksPrMk7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

The family of retired Berkeley Lab researcher Rolf Muller, who passed away in March 2020, has set his memorial service for Nov. 6. Muller was among the pioneers in applying optical methods to the study of mass transport in electrochemical technologies. Scroll to the page end for memorial details. https://eta.lbl.gov/news/article/memoriam-rolf-muller-1929-2020

David Skinner, a gifted and highly regarded member of NERSC and the high performance computing community for more than 20 years, passed away unexpectedly in late August. David’s can-do spirit and his many contributions to both research and the Berkeley Lab community will be sorely missed. https://www.nersc.gov/news-publications/nersc-news/nersc-center-news/2021/in-memoriam-david-skinner/?ct=t(ITL_15_SEP_21)&goal=0_6ff696e18a-5faae19ec7-101141849

Trudy Forte, a Lab Life Sciences Division Senior Scientist from 1978 to 2004, passed away on June 9. Trudy notably contributed to characterizing the role of lipoproteins in cardiovascular disease and later sought LDL receptors on brain tumor cells for therapy. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2021/08/17/remembering-senior-scientist-trudy-forte/

Art Poskanzer, Distinguished Senior Scientist Emeritus in the Nuclear Science Division (NSD), died peacefully at home on June 30. Poskaner, who joined the Lab in 1966, founded the Relativistic Nuclear Collisions program in the NSD, and was scientific director of the Bevalac. https://www-nsd.lbl.gov/2021/07/06/in-memoriam-art-poskanzer/

Former Lab Director and UC Berkeley professor David Shirley passed away on March 29 at the age of 87. He was a pioneer of electron spectroscopy and spearheaded the creation of the Advanced Light Source. He became associate Lab director in 1975 and served as Lab director from 1980 to 1989. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/04/02/memoriam-david-shirley/