Robert B. Clarkson *69

Robert B. Clarkson, a distinguished scientific researcher, died Aug. 12, 2004, in Urbana, Ill., after a brief illness. He was 61.

Robert received a master's and doctorate in chemistry from Princeton. A faculty member at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee before moving to the University of Illinois in 1982, Robert used magnetic resonance methods to characterize the molecular structure of disordered materials and to study biologically important systems. At his death, he co-directed the Illinois Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Research Center.

Robert is survived by his wife, Jean Patterson, a son, two daughters, and two grandchildren.