Garland Allen, professor emeritus of biology, 86

Garland Allen, professor emeritus of biology, 86

Garland (“Gar”) Edward Allen III, a professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences, died peacefully in Palm Springs, Calif., Feb. 10. He was widely known for his work in the history of genetics and was an international leader on the history of eugenics.
Paul Berg, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist, 96

Paul Berg, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist, 96

Paul Berg, a former associate professor of microbiology at the School of Medicine and a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, died Feb. 15 at his home on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 96.
William Quinn, painter, professor emeritus, 93

William Quinn, painter, professor emeritus, 93

William Quinn, a celebrated painter and professor emeritus who taught at Washington University in St. Louis for more than three decades, died Dec. 30, 2022, at Bridgeport Hospital, near his home in Milford, Conn. He was 93.
Emil Raphael Unanue, renowned immunologist, 88

Emil Raphael Unanue, renowned immunologist, 88

Emil Raphael Unanue, MD, an internationally renowned immunologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Dec. 16, 2022, surrounded by family in St. Louis after a two-year battle with glioblastoma. He was 88.
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