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Distinguished University Professor Richard W. Hanson, a world-renowned scientist deeply revered by his students and colleagues, died Friday after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 78. Dubbed by one scientific publication as the “maestro of metabolism,” he achieved remarkable breakthro...

Joseph Pyles (SAS '52), a longtime faculty member of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, passed away at the age of 94. Well-known in Northeast Ohio as a social worker at the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Families, the Catholic Counseling Center of Cleve...

Services will be held on campus this Saturday in memory of longtime biomedical engineering professor Roger Marchant, who died last week at the age of 62. Marchant, who earned his master’s and doctoral degrees at Case Western Reserve, spent his entire professional career at the university. In additi...

Gretchen Garnett, alumna and assistant professor emerita of music, died Dec. 15, just one day before her 100th birthday. Garnett was a longtime faculty member in and supporter of the Department of Music. As an undergraduate at Western Reserve University, Garnett was a soprano soloist. She sang the ...

Morrell “Bo” Heald, a professor for 35 years at Case Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve University, died at age 91 on Jan. 3 in Mitchellville, Md. Heald served as the Samuel C. and Virginia B. Knight Professor of Humanities at CWRU from 1982 until his retirement in 1988. Heald was bor...

Robert Eiben (ADL '44, MED '46), professor emeritus of pediatric neurology and local pioneer in the treatment of polio, died Saturday as a result of complications from congestive heart failure. He was 91. Eiben worked at MetroHealth following his residency until accepting a fellowship in neurology ...

Zili Zhang, a member of the faculty at the School of Medicine, died late Thursday night surrounded by his friends and family. He is survived by his wife, Hong, and sons, Gary and Zak. An associate professor of pediatrics, Zhang specialized in pediatric gastroenterology—specifically, how to treat di...

Peter B. Lewis, the visionary businessman and philanthropist whose name graces the home of the Weatherhead School of Management, died Saturday in Florida. The 80-year-old Northeast Ohio native is survived by his wife, Janet Rosel; daughter, Ivy; sons Adam and Jonathan; brother and sister-in-law Dani...

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professor Leona Cuttler died Tuesday after a long battle with brain cancer. A professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, she was renowned for her excellence in research, policy and care for children....

Elizabeth “Lissa” McKinley, founding dean of the Emily Blackwell Society at the School of Medicine, died Saturday after a long and courageous battle with cancer. An assistant professor of medicine and staff physician at MetroHealth Medical Center, she brought a deeply empathetic emphasis on the huma...