Don Backer RIP

Don Backer died at home sunday.

Berkeley News Release

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This is very sad, he was not particularly old. At least he lived long enough to see orbital telescopes able to detect the kind of high-energy phenomena that were central to his research.

By Birger Johansson (not verified) on 26 Jul 2010 #permalink

That is sad to hear. I took a semester course with him way back when and he was a good teacher; RIP.