Education: B.S., chemistry, Rhode Island State College, Kingston, 1943; Ph.D., chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1954 Survivors: daughter, Elaine O’Neill; son, Gary; four grandchildren
Harold F. Deutsch Harold F. Deutsch, 98, died on June 12 in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. “Harold was a full-time faculty member at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, until his retirement in 1987. He published over 230 papers, specializing in purification and crystallization of human proteins. He served visiting professorships in Sweden, Germany, Brazil, Japan, China, and South Africa and received an Alexander von Humboldt award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany in 1984.”—Regine Deutsch, wife
Most recent title: professor emeritus of biomolecular chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison Education: B.S., chemistry, 1940, and Ph.D., physiological chemistry, 1944, University of Wisconsin, Madison Survivors: wife, Regine; daughter, Carolyn Friedl
Warren T. Francis Warren T. Francis, 92, died on Feb. 18 in Oneonta, N.Y. “Warren was a consummate engineer. In his 20s, and in his spare time, he built a jet engine in his garage. Later in life, he designed and built vacation houses on a Maine lake. Still later, as vice president of engineering at CS Industries and as an independent consultant, he designed and built CO2 purification plants throughout the southern U.S.”— Barbara B. Francis, wife
Carl H. Muendel Carl H. Muendel, 86, died on April 22 in Hockessin, Del. “Carl had a lifelong passion for mineral and stamp collecting, was an active member of the Delaware Mineralogical Society, and also served in Meals on Wheels and Read Aloud Delaware during his retirement. He maintained close ties to his relatives in Germany and traveled there extensively. Carl was a man of strong faith and moral convictions; his modesty, kindness, and intellect will be treasured and dearly missed.”—Christopher Arico-Muendel, son
Most recent title: technical service manager for engineering and product safety, DuPont Education: B.S., chemical engineering, 1952, and Eng.Sci.D., chemical engineering, 1959, Columbia University Survivors: wife, Renate; daughter, Anne; sons, Martin and Christopher Arico-Muendel; four grandchildren
neering, CS Industries Education: B.S., chemical engineering, Bucknell University, 1945 Survivors: wife, Barbara; daughters, Catherine and Sarah; sons, James and David
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and Miriam; son, Paul
Richard Saferstein Richard Saferstein, 76, died on July 28 in Mount Laurel, N.J. “Rich ran the N.J. State Police crime labs from 1970 to 1991. Upon his retirement in 1991, he started his own consulting business, which he was still working at fulltime. He worked on numerous high-profile cases and wrote several forensic science textbooks, the most famous being “Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science.” This is the leading textbook in the field in the U.S. Richard appeared in over 1,000 courts as an expert witness and published numerous articles throughout his career.”—Gail Saferstein, wife
Most recent title: forensic science consultant
Education: B.S., chemistry, 1963, and
Eugene Roberts
Ph.D., organic chemistry, 1970, City College of New York Survivors: wife, Gail; daughter, Sharon; son, Neal; two grandchildren
Eugene Roberts, 96, died on Nov. 8, 2016, in Monrovia, Calif.
Kal R. Sharma
“In 1943, he was selected to be assistant head of the inhalation section of the Manhattan Project at the University of Rochester in New York to establish safe limits for exposure to uranium dusts. In 1946, Roberts joined the Division of Cancer Research at Washington University in St. Louis, where he developed a comprehensive program to study nitrogen metabolism and characterize differences between normal and neoplastic tissues. In 1950, he was first to report the discovery of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain. The work was key in demonstrating GABA as the main inhibitory neurotransmitter.”— Ruth Roberts, wife
Most recent title: distinguished Most recent title: vice president of engi-
Survivors: wife, Ruth; daughters, Judith
scientist, City of Hope Beckman Research Center Education: B.S., chemistry, Wayne State University, 1940; Ph.D., biochemistry, University of Michigan, 1943; M.D., H.C. University of Florence
Kal R. Sharma, 52, died on Sept. 11, 2016, in Cypress, Texas. “Kal Sharma was an avid debater during his school days and a key member of his high school athletics team (hammer throw was his event). He went on to represent his college in intercollegiate athletic meets. He is the author of several books, including “Nanostructuring Operations in Nanoscale Science and Engineering,” “Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering: Artificial Organ Design and Development and Tissue Engineering,” and “Bioinformatics: Sequence Alignment and Markov Models.”—Ven Kalyanaraman Sharma, brother
Most recent title: adjunct professor, San Jacinto College
Education: B.Tech., chemical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 1985; Ph.D., chemical engineering, West Virginia University Survivors: father, Subarayan Kalyanaraman; mother, Shyamala; brothers, Kalyanaraman Sivasankaran and Ven Kalyanaraman Sharma
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