Notable Deaths 2022: Science and Technology
Samuel L. Katz, 95
A developer of the measles vaccine
Beryl Benacerraf, 73
Pioneer in the use of prenatal ultrasound
Dr. Audrey Evans, 97
Co-creator of Ronald McDonald House
Nick Holonyak Jr., 93
Pioneer of LED lighting
Maarten Schmidt, 92
First astronomer to identify a quasar
Raymond Damadian, 86
Creator of the first M.R.I. scanner
Kamoya Kimeu, 84
Fossil-hunting “legend” in East Africa
James Lovelock, 103
Ecologist whose theory saw the earth as alive
Robert F. Curl Jr., 88
Nobelist who spurred explorations of nanotech
Vladimir Zelenko, 48
Doctor who promoted an
unfounded Covid treatment
Ken Knowlton, 91
A father of computer art and animation
Sophie Freud, 97
Critic of her grandfather’s gospel
Ben Roy Mottelson, 95
Nobel winner for work on the shape of atoms
Ursula Bellugi, 91
Pioneer in the world of sign language
Sidney Altman, 82
Nobel-winner behind a breakthrough in genetics
Arthur D. Riggs, 82
Biochemist inventor of artificial insulin
Martin Pope, 103
Chemist whose research lit up electronic screens
Stephen Wilhite, 74
Creator of the GIF
Dr. Donald Pinkel, 95
Developer of a cure for childhood leukemia
David Boggs, 71
Co-inventor of ethernet
Dr. Paul Farmer, 62
Pioneer of global health
Dr. Herbert Benson, 86
Reseacher into the power of mind over body
Luc Montagnier, 89
Nobel-winning co-discoverer of H.I.V.
Beatrice Mintz, 100
Groundbreaking cancer researcher
Igor Bogdanoff, 72
Twin in an uneasy spotlight
Richard Leakey, 77
Paleoanthropologist and fossil hunter
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