Retired MIT Professor Judy Hoyt, whose use of lattice strain as a means to enhance performance in scaled silicon devices revolutionized the semiconductor industry, died at 65.
Willard R. Johnson, a professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Political Science who specialized in African studies, died at age 87. Johnson served as a member of the MIT faculty for nearly 60 years.
Walter M. Hollister, an MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics professor emeritus and alumnus who will be remembered as a pilot and aviation enthusiast, passed away Sept. 9 at age 92.
MIT Sloan Dean Emeritus William Pounds died Aug. 23 at the age of 95. An expert in corporate governance and operations management, he championed a generation of MIT Sloan faculty members.
Patrick Hale, former executive director of MIT System Design and Management, passed away at 72. Hale oversaw the progression of SDM from a small experiment to a renowned program in engineering and management.