Dr. Fritz Zernike, 65, of Groningen, The Netherlands, won the Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the phase contrast microscope.

This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry went to Hermann Staudinger, 72, of Freiburg, West Germany, who is considered the father of the study of macro-molecules. When he started his work, many organic compounds were known to contain large groups of atoms, but these were considered mere mechanical clumpings of smaller…

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 the…