In Memoriam

Biographies of UC Faculty and Administrators

The In Memoriam is an Academic Senate publication produced by its faculty to honor deceased colleagues. It is our hope that these memorials will serve as fitting tributes to those departed friends, who served the University of California so well.

The systemwide Senate has published memorials on its website since 2002. Many memorials for the years 1928-2001 can be found at the University of California History Digital Archives. Users may also search there by name and/or campus.

Name	Birth	Death	Campus	Title
Packard, Andrew	1960	2019	UC Berkeley UC Santa Barbara	FANUC Chair of Mechanical Systems
Painter, Edgar Page	1908	2003	UC Davis	Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Palatucci, Donald M.	1940	2002	UC San Francisco	Professor of Neurology
Park, Nancy Turner	1941	2020	UC Berkeley	Principal Budget Analyst
Park, Roberta J.	1931	2018	UC Berkeley	Professor of Integrative Biology, Emerita
Park, Roderic B.	1932	2013	UC Berkeley	Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology and Vice Chancellor, Emeritus
Parker, Harold Roosevelt	1920	2003	UC Davis	Professor of Veterinary Medicine
Parker, Robert G.	1925	2005	UC Los Angeles	Professor of Radiation Oncology
Parmeter Jr., John R.	1927	2010	UC Berkeley	Professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Emeritus
Parrott, Douglas	1927	2019	UC Riverside	Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus
Pask, Joseph A.	1913	2003	UC Berkeley	Professor of Ceramic Engineering
Paterson, John	1923	2002	UC Berkeley	Professor of English
Patton, Barbara	1918	2004	UC Los Angeles	Senior Lecturer
Paul, Catherine Morrison	1953	2010	UC Davis	Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Paulus, Harold	1929	2019	UC Los Angeles	Professor Emeritus of Rheumatology
Pearce, Morton Lee	1920	2004	UC Los Angeles	Professor of Medicine
Pearson, Oliver Payne	1915	2003	UC Berkeley	Professor of Zoology
Pederson, Donald Oscar	1925	2004	UC Berkeley	Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Pedretti, Carlo	1928	2018	UC Los Angeles	Professor Emeritus of Art History
Pedrotti, Louis A.	1924	2010	UC Riverside	Professor of Comparative Literature and Languages, Emeritus
Pellat, René	1936	2003	UC Los Angeles	Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Peltason, Jack W.	1923	2015	UC Irvine	Professor of Political Science
Pengelley, Eric T.	1919	2003	UC Riverside	Professor of Biology Emeritus
Penzien, Joseph	1924	2011	UC Berkeley	Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus
Perella, Nicolas J.	1927	2015	UC Berkeley	Professor Emeritus of Italian Studies
Perkins, Van Larsen	1930	2019	UC Riverside	Professor of History, Emeritus
Petersen, Eugene Edward	1924	2005	UC Berkeley	Professor of Chemical Engineering
Petersilia , Joan	1951	2019	UC Irvine	Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Peterson, Maurice L.	1913	2002	UC Davis	Professor of Agronomy
Peterson, Rita	1931	2018	UC Irvine	Senior Lecturer of Education
Phaff, Herman Jan	1913	2001	UC Davis	Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology
Phelps, Waldo	1918	2004	UC Los Angeles	Professor of English
Phillips, Herbert P.	1929	2018	UC Berkeley	Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus
Phillips, John Gardner	1917	2001	UC Berkeley	Professor of Astronomy
Phillips, Norman Edgar	1928	2019	UC Berkeley	Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Pierce, James L.	1937	2009	UC Berkeley	Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Pierce, John Grissim	1920	2006	UC Los Angeles	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Pigford, Thomas	1922	2010	UC Berkeley	Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Emeritus
Pike, Nelson	1930	2010	UC Irvine	Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Pirkle, Hubert “Bus”	1924	2015	UC Irvine	Professor Emeritus, Pathology
Pitelka, Frank Alois	1916	2003	UC Berkeley	Professor of Zoology
Pitts, Jr., James N.	1921	2014	UC Riverside	Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Pollner, Melvin	1940	2007	UC Los Angeles	Professor of Sociology
Polsby, Nelson W.	1934	2007	UC Berkeley	Professor of Political Science
Polt, John Herman Richard	1929	2019	UC Berkeley	Professor of Spanish & Portuguese, Emeritus
Porter, Lyman W.	1930	2015	UC Irvine	Dean and Professor Emeritus of Management
Portis, Alan M.	1926	2010	UC Berkeley	Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Poskanzer, Arthur M.	1931	2021	UC Berkeley	Distinguished Senior Scientist, Emeritus
Poster, Mark	1941	2012	UC Irvine	Professor of History and Film & Media Studies
Postman, Leo	1918	2004	UC Berkeley	Professor of Psychology