{"id":945,"date":"2025-04-25T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/?page_id=945"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:11:12","slug":"in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"In memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 2868px\" border=\"0\" width=\"594\" cellspacing=\"50\" cellpadding=\"25\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165213\/heisey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"187\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165213\/heisey.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu\/id.php?id=41409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Heisey<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165212\/arenstorf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165212\/arenstorf.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/richard-f-arenstorf\/\">Richard F. Arenstorf<\/a> (1929-2014)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165216\/bryant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"148\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165216\/bryant.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/billy-bryant\/\">Billy F. Bryant<\/a> (1922-2014)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165212\/jonsson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165212\/jonsson.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/bjarni-jonsson\/\">Bjarni J\u00f3nsson<\/a> (1920-2016)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165211\/kahane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165211\/kahane.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/charles-s-kahane\/\">Charles S. Kahane<\/a> (1934-2013)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165210\/kelingos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"152\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165210\/kelingos.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/john-a-kelingos\/\">John A. Kelingos<\/a> (1936-1996)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165210\/megibben.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"152\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165210\/megibben.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/charles-k-megibben\/\">Charles K. Megibben<\/a> (1936-2010)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165208\/ratner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165208\/ratner.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/lawrence-t-ratner\/\">Lawrence T. (\u201cLarry\u201d) Ratner<\/a> (1923-2000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165217\/shanks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165217\/shanks.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/eugene-baylis-shanks\/\">Eugene Baylis Shanks<\/a> (1913-1992)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165207\/wesson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165207\/wesson.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/james-robert-wesson\/\">James Robert (\u201cBob\u201d) Wesson<\/a> (1921-2010)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165205\/williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165205\/williams.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/horace-edward-williams\/\">Horace Edward Williams<\/a> (1931-2018)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165204\/jones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165204\/jones.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2020\/09\/09\/vaughan-jones-preeminent-vanderbilt-mathematician-has-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaughan Jones<\/a> (1952-2020)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165204\/dibennetto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165204\/dibennetto.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/emanuele-dibenedetto\/\">Emanuele DiBenedetto<\/a> (1947-2021)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165203\/sapir.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165203\/sapir.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/mark-sapir\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Sapir<\/a> (1957-2022)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165202\/horn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165202\/horn.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/thedaily.case.edu\/faculty-member-mary-ann-horn-passes-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Ann Horn<\/a> (1965-2024)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165202\/ahner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"196\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2025\/04\/17165202\/ahner.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignitymemorial.com\/obituaries\/nashville-tn\/john-ahner-11862204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Ahner<\/a> (1945-2024)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Heisey Richard F. 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