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
Loren G. Trujillo
(May 18, 1958 - March 17, 2012)
(HURRICANE, UT) - Loren G. Trujillo, 53, of Hurricane, Utah passed away March 17, 2012 of liver failure. Loren was born May 18, 1958 in Montrose, Colorado to Rubel and Miquelita "Mickey" Trujillo. ...
Beverly Harris Zabriskie
(December 11, 1926 - March 12, 2012)
(St. George, UT) - Beverly Harris Zabriskie, 85, passed gracefully on March 12, 2012. She was born December 11, 1926 in Pleasant Grove, Utah to Alta Jane and Willard Lawrence Harris. She married Ro...
Carma Lee Lang
(October 6, 1930 - March 13, 2012)
(Hurricane, UT) - After a short 4 month separation, on March 13, 2012, Carma Lee Lang left this mortal existence to join her beloved George to start their new adventure on the other side.
Carma w...
Geraldine (Jeanne) Rose Mahaffy
(February 3, 1938 - March 14, 2012 (Santa Clara, UT) - On March 14, 2012, with family and a friend at her side, the angels came to transport Jeanne to heaven where she will have comfort and peace for all eternity. She is now free of...
Renee Stewart Millett
Nov 29, 1932 - Mar 13, 2012
(St. George, UT) - Renee’ Stewart Millett, our loving mother, wife, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away at her home on the morning of March 13, 2012 after a long illness and valiant battle...
Louisa Ryan
(November 22, 1916 - March 12, 2012)
(Bunkerville, NV) - Louisa May Ryan, 95, died March 12, 2012 at her home in Bunkerville, Nevada. She was born November 22, 1916 in Omaha, Nebraska to David William and Patty May Watkins Kinnison.
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Geraldine Rosemary Spera
October 10, 1922 - March 13, 2012
(Parowan, UT) - Geraldine Rosemary Spera was born October 10, 1922 to her loving parents Nicholas Michaelson and Mary Olive Murphy Michaelson in Raco, Michigan. She passed away on March 13, 2012 at...
Martha May Montgomery Wiebe
June 13, 1932 - March 13, 2012
(Bountiful, UT) - Martha May Montgomery passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 in Bountiful, Utah.
Martha was born June 13, 1932 to Fountain Jay and Mary Anne Lunt Montgomery in Cedar Ci...
William J. Irvine
March 18, 1939 - March 14, 2012
William J. Irvine passed the evening of March 14th 2012, just four days from his 73 birthday, at his home in Panguitch, Utah. Originally from Greenriver, Utah, William moved to Panguitch after reti...
Antone Preston Hunter
May 7, 1929 - March 15, 2012
(Cedar City, UT) - Antone Preston Hunter returned to his Heavenly Father on March 15, 2012. He was born on May 7, 1929 in Cedar City, Utah to George Muir and Pauline Wood Hunter. He married his ete...