In Memoriam

We remember with fondness our departed MIT colleagues and friends. This In Memoriam listing contains the names of MIT faculty and staff who were confirmed deceased by Human Resources, MIT News, or family members. Names listed in red include a link to the individual's obituary, provided by friends or family. To report the death of or supply an obituary for faculty or staff, please email retirees.assoc@mit.edu.

The leaf icon that follows an individual's name indicates that a donation to the MIT Retirees Undergraduate Scholarship Fund was made in loving memory of the deceased.

Milan Vlajinac
Lincoln Laboratory
August 10, 2021
David S. Vokey
Lincoln Laboratory
December 5, 2016
Frederick W. Vote
Lincoln Laboratory
January 8, 2013
Gilda T. Vultaggio
Division of Student Life
Housing and Food Services
January 4, 2018
Phillip Waldron
Lincoln Laboratory
Communication Systems
January 10, 2010
James N. Walpole
School of Engineering
March 28, 2018
Christopher T. Walsh
Chemistry
Biology
January 10, 2023
Meredith E. Walsh
Admissions
July 28, 2025
Michael Walter
MIT Medical
November 2, 2024
Yenking K. Wang
Controller's Accounting Office
January 3, 2021
Daniel I.C. Wang
Institute Professors
August 31, 2020
Jing Wang
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
July 26, 2021
Defa Wang
Bates Linac
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
January 11, 2023
Ellenor J. Ward
Graphic Arts
October 8, 2017
Barbara J. Ward
Lincoln Laboratory
August 21, 2019
William W. Ward
Lincoln Laboratory
Communication Systems
February 24, 2014
Earl J. Wassmouth
Aeronautics and Astronautics
July 23, 2017
William B. Watson
History
August 13, 2022
Peggy S. Watson-Brownell
Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
June 21, 2024
James C. Weaver
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
November 3, 2023
E Donald Weiner
Aeronautics and Astronautics
May 24, 2019
Sylvia E. Weir
Media Lab
October 13, 2018
Prof. Rainer Weiss
Physics
August 25, 2025
Stanley I. Weiss
Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
March 6, 2020
Walter I. Wells
Lincoln Laboratory
November 12, 2016
Gerald Wentworth
Mechanical Engineering
March 26, 2022
Loretta M. Wesley
Lincoln Laboratory
February 10, 2021
Richard A. Westberg
Lincoln Laboratory
January 12, 2021
Robert H. Westcott
Lincoln Laboratory
February 7, 2016
Mary E. Westlund
Office of Digital Learning
Distance Learning
January 7, 2017
Malcolm F. Wetherbee
Lincoln Laboratory
October 8, 2017
Jan M. Wetzel
Mathematics
March 10, 2023
Caroline Whitbeck
Center For Technology, Policy, & Industrial Development
September 5, 2016
Douglas W. Whitcomb
Lincoln Laboratory
May 9, 2021
Sonia White
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
June 2, 2022
Ronald G. Whitman Sr.
Facilities & Physical Plant
Custodial Services
September 26, 2016
E. Clayton Whittaker
Facilities & Physical Plant
September 21, 2016
Eugene D. Whooley
Lincoln Laboratory
July 12, 2019
Richard M. Wiesman
Mechanical Engineering
January 7, 2024
Donald Wiggin
Lincoln Laboratory
October 9, 2018
David P. Wiggins
Lincoln Laboratory
November 26, 2023
Donald Roy Wiles
MIT
Ph.D., Nuclear Chemistry
July 13, 2022
Harald Wilhelmsen
Lincoln Laboratory
October 30, 2023
Edward R. Wilkes
Facilities & Physical Plant
August 3, 2017
Cornelia M. Wilkes
Telecommunications
October 9, 2020
Bruce K. Willard
Lincoln Laboratory
October 25, 2022
Mavis Williams
Facilities & Physical Plant
March 1, 2022
Lee D. Williams
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
September 20, 2019
Frank M. Williams
Facilities & Physical Plant
December 29, 2017
George R. Williams
Facilities & Physical Plant
July 27, 2018
Cheryl Williams
Office of the Vice President for Finance
Procurement Operations
February 22, 2025