Long time Stony Brook University Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Coach and legendary mentor Dave Alexander passed away on June 28, 2012 at the age of 62 following a long and courageous battle against cancer. “On behalf of the entire university community, I extend my most heartfelt thoughts and prayers to the Alexander [...]

The Stony Brook community is mourning the tragic loss of Seong Hoon Baek, who was killed Thursday night as a result of an automobile accident not far from campus. Known to his friends as David, he was a senior, double-majoring in Economics and Biochemistry, and was well known and highly regarded by faculty, classmates, and [...]

Professor Michael Marx, from Stony Brook’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, passed away on August 2, 2011. Marx formerly served as Associate Dean for Budget and Operations for the College of Arts and Sciences and as the Associate Vice President for Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Affairs. In this role, he worked to support, develop, and enhance [...]

John H. Marburger, III, the third president of Stony Brook University and an admired scientist, passed away in his home in Port Jefferson, New York, on Thursday, July 28, after four years of treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 70 years old. Jack Marburger was a superb advocate for science, a visionary leader, and a highly skilled [...]

The second President of Stony Brook University, John Sampson Toll, passed away Friday, July 15, 2011, of natural causes at Fox Hill Assisted Living in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 87. Dr. Toll graduated with highest honors from Yale University in 1944. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he completed post-graduate studies at Princeton [...]

Long-time activist Florence Boroson, founder of the Ombuds Office at Stony Brook, died on May 20, 2011, at the age of 83. Boroson began working at Stony Brook in 1969 as a technical assistant in the library. She led a campaign that resulted in improved benefits and salaries for all the technical assistants. Boroson was [...]

George C. Williams, an evolutionary biologist of worldwide renown and professor emeritus of Stony Brook’s Department of Ecology and Evolution, passed away on September 8, 2010. He was born on May 12, 1926. After serving in the U.S. Army, Williams enrolled in the University of California at Berkeley and received a B.A. in zoology in [...]

Lawrence Noonan passed away on Tuesday, June 8, after a valiant and long struggle with failing health. His legacy will be felt by many as his tenure at Stony Brook spanned more than 32 years. Noonan’s service began in 1978 as budget director, and he continued to influence the future of the University and provide [...]