With IBM colleague Gerd Binnig, Rohrer invented the scanning tunneling microscope, which can show individual atoms on a surface and move them around.
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time.
Flynn Robinson, 72, guard on championship Lakers team; Steve Forrest, 87, star of TV's 'S.W.A.T.'; Mack Emerman, 89, founder of Criteria Recording Studios
A longtime Republican state senator and assemblyman, Newton R. Russell was admired on both sides of the aisle for his fairness and knowledge of the arcane rules of the state pension system.
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85.
As a boy growing up in L.A., Goddard dreamed of adventures in faraway lands: climbing the world's most perilous peaks, navigating its major rivers and exploring its most remote regions.
Indiana Jones, the swashbuckling fictional adventurer, would seem to have nothing on John Goddard.
Bernard Waber, author of popular children's books, dies at 91
Bernard Waber, 91, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," died Thursday at his Long Island, N.Y., home after a long illness, according to a statement from his publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
One of the few remaining survivors of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Boruch Spiegel fought against Nazi troops during the 1943 revolt.
Boruch Spiegel, one of the last survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
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KCSG Obituaries
Faye Harrison (December 13, 1940 - March 27, 2013) Faye Harrison, age 72, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born December 13, 1940 in Springdale, Utah to Hyrum and Bessie Jolley Ruesch. On October 1, 1960 she married Rona...
James Alfred West (September 5, 1936 - March 25, 2013) (MESQUITE, Nev.) - James Alfred West, 76, passed away on March 25, 2013 at Mesa View Regional Hospital. He was born September 5, 1936 in Los Angeles, CA to Glenn West and Mary Moran.
He married th...
Clovis Leon Gaddis (December 16, 1918 - March 24, 2013) (LITTLEFIELD, Ariz.) - Clovis Leon Gaddis, 94, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 at his Littlefield residence. He was born December 16, 1918 in Bochito, OK to Walter William Gaddis and Lola Dyer. ...
Elisabetta "Elisa" Biasi (April 25, 1921 - March 23, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Elisabetta Benetti Biasi died March 23, 2013 of natural causes at her home in Saint George, Utah. She was born on April 25, 1921 in Vobarno, Brescia, Italy to Pio Carmelo Benet...
Lloyd Grant Jones (August 21, 1927 - March 22, 2013) (HURRICANE, Utah) - Lloyd Grant Jones, 85, loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully in his sleep Friday, March 22, 2013 in Hurricane, Utah. Grant was born in St. Geo...
Pat Henry Andregg (March 17, 1937 - March 25, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Pat “Andy Henry Andregg, age 76, passed away surrounded by loving family members on Monday, March 25, 2013 in St. George, Utah after fighting a long and courageous battle with ...
Charles Ray Quillin (July 16, 1940 - March 21, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) – Charles Ray Quillin, 72, passed away on March 21, 2013 in St. George Utah. He was born July 16, 1940 in Lubbock, Texas to Oley and Eva Quillin. Charles was the oldest of three ...
Herbert J. Allison (October 4, 1946 - March 24, 2013) (MESQUITE, Nev.) - Herbert (Herbie) J. Allison, 66, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 at his Mesquite, Nevada residence. He was born October 4, 1946 in Yonkers, NY to Joseph Allison and Agnes Greg...
Shirley Ann Heath Garner (April 7, 1943 - March 21, 2013) (BEAVER, Utah) - Shirley Ann Heath Garner passed away March 21, 2013 in St. George, Utah. She was born to Bennie Allen & Norma Tatton Heath April 7, 1943 in Salina, Utah.
Shirley was married to her...
Mary “Nana” Hardcastle Blaney (August 24, 1924 - March 18, 2013) Mary passed away surrounded by family on March 18, 2013, after a massive stroke. She fought valiantly for a week and a half trying to make it easier for her family. She was born on August 24, 1924 ...