Professor Cyril Birch, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature, died in Albany, California, on May 19, 2023. He was 98 years old.Read more about Cyril Birch
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Laurence Coderre. Laurence died peacefully on January 8, 2026, at home in Binghamton, NY with her parents by her side. She was 41 years old. The cause was complications of a congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy.
Alma Lowell Dittmer, a professor and writer who worked at UC Berkeley for 40 years and specialized in Chinese politics, died on April 15 in Oakland. He was 82.
He was named after his father Alma, but throughout his life went
Agassiz Professor of Chinese emeritus Pang-hsin Ting 丁邦新 passed away on January 30, 2023. Professor Ting, an internationally renowned linguist, was professor of Chinese linguistics at UC Berkeley from 1989 until 1994. He then moved to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he...Read more about Pang-hsin Ting
