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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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An active IEEE volunteer, Hodges served in several leadership roles including 2007 vice chair of the IEEE Awards Board and 2011–2012 vice president of the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board. He was an active member of UConn’s Chinese bible study group for more than 40 years. in applied mathematics in 1980 from Harvard.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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He returned to KAIST in 2007 and pioneered research in graphene and thermoelectric devices. In the spring of 2007, less than a year before Kim turned 65—the compulsory retirement age in South Korean academia—KAIST elected him as one of its first distinguished professors, thus extending his tenure for life. Kim Choong-Ki.