Dutchborn Peter Debye, 68, Nobel Prize-winning chemist and physicist, author of the Debye theory of the specific heat of solids and succeeding Einstein as professor at Cornell, retired.

Each year, U.S. colleges and universities must say goodbye to many a famed and favorite teacher. Among 1952’s retirements:

Baylor’s A. Joseph (“Dr. A.”) Armstrong, 79, who at seven used to scribble on his school slate “A. Joseph Armstrong, prof, of Greek,” eventually became a professor of English and theā€¦