IIASA would like to pay its respect to those colleagues who have passed away. We apologize for any missing names and appreciate your help in updating the list. Please contact us regarding a tribute or for any corrections.

Recently passed:

FRANZ DOCEKAL, IIASA Head of the Technical Services Department 1974-2002; († 2024)

KUNTORO MANGKUSUBROTO, IIASA Council Member for Indonesia; († 2023); Tribute

ROBERT AYRES, IIASA Deputy Leader of the Technology-Economy-Society Program; († 2023); Tribute


AKE ANDERSSON, Integrated Regional Development (IRD) Program 1978-1980 and Deputy, Forest Sector Project 1983-1984; († 2021)

ISHFAQ AHMAD, IIASA Council Member for Pakistan 2007-2012; († 2018); Tribute

HEINRICH ANTONI, Technical Services 1978-1999; († 1999)

MICHAEL ANTONOVSKY, Environment Program 1986-1987 and Environmental Monitoring Activity 1987-1991; († 2019)

HENRY H. ARNHOLD, major supporter of IIASA; († 2018); Tribute

JEANNETTE ASPDEN, General Research and the Survey Project 1976-1977; († 2018); Tribute

LESLIE AYRES, Computer Services, Directorate, and Social & Environmental Dimensions of Technology 1986-1990; († 2018)

PHILIP ASPDEN, Human Settlements & Services Program 1979-1980; († 2013) Obituary

LEV BELYAEV, Energy Program 1975-1976, († 2023); Obituary

GISELA BOSCH, Adaptive Resource Policies 1983; († 2012)

ANDRES BUENFIL FRIEDMAN, World Population YSSP 1998; († 2007)

DANNY CAACBAY, Technical Engineer 1977 - 2015; († 2015); Tributes

ENRIQUE CAMPOS LOPEZ, Resources and Environment Program 1980-1981; († 2015); Tribute

ELFRIEDE CONGIU-KRANNER, Finance Department 1995-2003; († 2003); Tributes

CHESTER COOPER, Special Advisor to the Director 1983-1985

PAUL J. CRUTZEN, Institute Scholar 2004, 2008; († 2021); Obituary

JAMES E. CURRY, Computer Services Department 1983-2006; († 2006)

PETER DE JÁNOSI, IIASA Director 1990-1996; († 2011) TributeAlumni Tributes; IIASA's Peter de Jánosi Fellowship

FELICITY KIM DEVONALD, Adaptation Reporting Power 1983 ; († 2001)

CLAIRE DOBLIN, Energy 1975-1980, World Population Program 1986-1987, Technology, Economy and Society 1990-1991; († 2000)

LUIS DONALDO COLOSIO, Human Settlements and Services 1978-1980; († 1994) 

BO R. DÖÖS, Environment Program Core 1988-1991; († 1994); Obituary

Peter DÖRFNER, Environmentally Compatible Energy Strategies; Transboundary Air Pollution 1993-1995 

ROBERT A. DUIS, Publications Department 1975-1994; († 2008)

ALEXANDRA FEILHOFER, Finance Department 1997-2000, Human Resources 2000-2021; († 2021)

GEORGE FERRELL, Energy Program 1977; († 1989)

PAUL KENNETH FREEMAN, Risk and Vulnerability Program 1998-2001; († 2021); Obituary

NORMAN J. GLASS, Program for Biological and Medical Systems, 1974-1975

MICHEL GRENON, Energy Systems Program & Resources & Environment Program 1974-1981, († 2018); Tribute

MARTIN GUGUMUCK, Finance and Budget 2003-2020; († 2021)

INGRID GÜRKE, Library 1973-1997; († 2021)

WOLF HÄFELE, Energy Program Leader 1973-1981; Deputy Director 1975-1981; († 2013); Tributes

GUS HAMMERL, Head of Superintendancy & Transport 1973-1982, Technical Services 1983, Mail & Warehouse 1991-1993; († 2017)

DENNIS G. HAY, Human Settlements and Services 1977

ALLAN HIRSCH, Deputy Director 1981-1984

C.S. BUZZ HOLLING, Adaptive Ecosystem Policy and Management 1973-1975 and IIASA Director 1981-1984; († 2019); Tribute

GERTRAUDE JACHIM, Human Resources 1979-2001; († 2011)

SARAH K. JOHNSON‑SNYDERMAN, System and Decision Sciences YSSP 1984; (†2013); Obituary 

THOMAS JOZSEFFI, Housing and Office of Sponsored Research 1974-1989; († 2013)

VITALI KAFTANOV, Directorate 1982-1987; († 2006); Tribute

LEONARDAS KAIRIŪKŠTIS, Natural Environment Program 1988-1992; († 2021)

TATSUHIKO KAWASHIMA, Human Settlements & Services Program 1977-1979; († 2021); Obituary; Tribute

CARL KAYSEN, US Committee

ALLEN C. KELLEY, Human Settlements and Services 1978-1979; († 2017), Obituary

NATHAN KEYFITZ, Leader of World Population Program 1983-1993; Deputy Director 1992; († 2010); Tributes; Bequest to IIASA

JANUSZ KINDLER, Resources and Environment Research Area 1976-1983; († 2020); Tributes

LAWRENCE KLEIN, System and Decision Sciences Program 1978; († 2013); ObituaryNobel Prize

PAUL R. KLEINDORFER, System and Decision Sciences Program 1984-1985; († 2012)

LINDA KNEUCKER, Office of Sponsored Research from 1992; IIASA Society 1996-2012;    († 2012); Tributes

KURT KOMAREK, IIASA Council 1991-2009; Deputy Director 2001-2002; († 2016); Tribute

YURIY V. KOSTYUCHENKO, Advancing Systems Analysis Program, († 2023); Tribute

VICTOR KREMENYUK, Processes of International Negotiation Program 1994-1995 & 2000-2009, Exploratory and Special Projects 2010-2014; († 2017); Obituary (in Russian)

ARKADY KRYAZHIMSKIY, Advanced Systems Analysis 1996-2014; († 2014); Tributes

GERTRUDE LACHMAYER, Purchasing Officer 1973-1996; († 2015)

JOHN LANCHBERY, Implementation and Effectiveness of International Environmental Commitments 1993-1996; († 2018); Tribute

BORIS LARIONOV, Secretariat, Council and External Relations 1983-1987; († 2017)

THOMAS H. LEE, IIASA Director 1984-1987; († 2001); TributeObituaryBiography

IRVING LEFKOWITZ, Director of the Control of Large-Scale Industrial Systems Project 1974 - 1975; († 2015) Obituary

GIORGIO LEONARDI, Regional Development Strategies 1979-1984; († 1986); Tribute

MARIAN LESCINSKY, Deputy Head of Administration 1979-1982, Head of Financial and Administration Services 1983-1984, Head of Administration 1984-1986; († 2017)

JAQUES LESOURNE, former IIASA Council Member and IIASA Honorary Scholar, († 2020); Obituary 

FREERK A. LOOTSMA, Risk Analysis and Policy Study 1992, Risk, Policy and Complexity Project 1995, Decision Analysis Support 1999; († 2003); Obituary

BARBARA LÜBKERT-ALCAMO, YSSP 1986, Transboundary Air Pollution & Social and Environmental Dimensions of Technology Programs 1988-1991; († 2018); Tribute

GORDON J. MACDONALD, IIASA Director 1996-2000; († 2002); TributeObituaryBiographical Memoir

HARRY MAIER, Management and Technology Program 1978-1980; († 2010)

ARKADII MALTSEV, IIASA Secretary 1990-1996 and IIASA Council 2003-2008; († 2021); Obituary 

CESARE MARCHETTI, Institute Scholar 1997-2007; († 2023); Tribute

SABINE MESSNER, Environmentally Compatible Energy Strategies 1990-1999; († 2023); Tribute

HUGH J. MISER, Communications 1979-1982

ROBERT (Ted) E. MUNN, Environment Program Leader and Deputy Director, 1985-1988;  († 2013); Tribute

ALLAN H. MURPHY, Energy Program 1974-1975 ; († 1997)

AGNETA (SILFVER) NEWTON, Conference and Visitor Services 1973-1988; († 2017); Tribute

LAWRENCE G. OSTERMANN, Office of Sponsored Research 1985-1987

JOHN PAGE, Bio-Med Program 1974-1975

FRIEDERIKE PALATIN, Finance Department 1976-1992; († 2006)

MERTON JOSEPH PECK, Economic Transition and Integration Program 1990-1991, 1993-1996; († 2013); Obituary

PETER POPPER, Library 1973-1985; († 2017); Tribute

CARL POSEY, Communications Department 1981-1982, († 2018)

ROBERT H. PRY, IIASA Director 1987-1990; († 2012); Tributes

HOWARD RAIFFA, IIASA Director 1972-75; († 2016); Alumni TributesIIASA TributeObituary

PIET RIETVELD, Regional Development 1980-1981; († 2013)

MARIA ROGERS, Human Settlements and Services 1973-1983

ERWIN RUPP, Transport Department 1974-2003; († 2011)

WOLFGANG SASSIN, Energy Program 1975-1983; († 2021); Obituary

THOMAS SCHELLING, Institute Scholar 1993-2002; († 2016); Obituary

VIVIEN SCHIMMEL-CASTI, Planning & Sponsored Research 1973-1987; († 1998); Tributes

STEPHEN C. SCHMIDT, Food and Agriculture Program 1976-1977; († 2008)

FRIEDRICH (BIO) SCHMIDT-BLEEK, Technology, Economy and Society Program 1988-1991, († 2019)

LEO SCHRATTENHOLZER, Environmentally Compatible Energy Systems Program Leader 1973-2006; († 2009); Tributes

RODERICK SHAW, Transboundary Air Pollution 1987-1992; († 2017); Tributes

ANATOLIJ P. SHPAK, IIASA Council 1995-2011; († 2011); Tribute

GUSTAVE SHUBERT, US Committee

KIRK R. SMITH, Transitions to New Technology Program 2014 and Global Energy Assessment Executive Committee Member and Convening Lead Author, († 2020); Obituary 

SPENCER SMITH, Directorate 1982, († 2017), Obituary 

ERIKA STEINBRUGGER, Finance Department 1983-1998; († 2009)

MANFRED STRUBEGGER, Energy Program 1979-2017; († 2017); Tribute

MARGO SWEET, Publication Department 1973-1975; († 2012); Obituary

ANNA SZELE, Domestic Services 1973-2000; († 2010); Tribute

ANTON P. TIMMAN, Food and Agriculture Program, 1978-1979

ROLFE TOMLINSON, Management and Technology 1977-1980; († 2015); Obituary  

KURT URBAN, Technical Services 1975-1992; († 2015)

OLEG VASILIEV, Resources & Environment Area & IIASA Deputy Director 1977-1981; (†2017); ObituaryTribute

TIBOR VASKO, Signatory on IIASA Charter, Management of Technology Area, Clearinghouse Activities, Science & Technology Program, Economic Transition & Integration, Dean of YSSP 1980-1991; († 2019); Tribute

JAMES W. VAUPEL, Population Program 1984-1986; († 2022); Obituary 

VILMA M. VOLL, Superintendency/Telecom 1973-1984; († 2019)

GRIFFITHS WAYNE, Technical Infrastructure 1977-1987

KARL H. WERLER, Computer Science Project, 1974

ROBERT M. WHITE, US NMO, († 2015), Tribute

JAMES WILKIE, Publications Department 1985-1986; († 2019)

ERIC F. WOOD, Water 1974-1976; († 2021); ObituaryTribute

GEORGY A. ZAVARZIN, IIASA Council