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Frederick Hennie III, dedicated architect of MIT EECS, dies at 90.

December 14, 2023

Frederick “Fred” C. Hennie III, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), died on Monday, October 23rd, 2023. He was 90 years old.

Louis Braida, hearing aid innovator and mentor, dies at 79

November 3, 2022

Louis Braida, the Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), died Sept. 2nd. He was 79. Braida was a

Joel Moses, Institute Professor Emeritus and computer science trailblazer, dies at 80

May 31, 2022

Known as a visionary who brought together faculty from across MIT, Moses pioneered an influential symbolic mathematics program and held many top leadership posts.

Gene Dresselhaus, influential research scientist in solid-state physics, dies at 91

November 9, 2021

Over 50 years at MIT, Dresselhaus made lasting contributions to materials science within the research group of longtime collaborator and wife, Mildred Dresselhaus.

Professor Emeritus Paul Penfield, chronicler of entropy and lifelong teacher, dies at 88.

September 2, 2021

A long-time department head who established the MEng degree for EECS undergraduates, Penfield developed courses illuminating the equivalence of information and thermodynamic entropy.

Lawrence Frishkopf, expert in communications biophysics, dies at 90.

August 12, 2021

Lawrence Frishkopf, Professor of EECS, Emeritus, died on June 25th, 2021, one day before his 91st birthday. An area chair in the department, Frishkopf was affiliated with both