Professor Bob Black dies

January 13, 2012

Bob Black, emeritus professor of biology and longtime assistant men’s basketball coach, died on Friday, Jan. 13. He was 62. 

Biology Professor Emeritus Bob Black

Joe Dieker, dean of the college, announced Black’s death to the Cornell College community in a message that stated, “The entire Cornell community will miss Bob’s caring and enthusiastic approach to teaching, mentoring, and life.”

Black, who was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and earned a Ph.D. from SUNY Stony Brook in Stony Brook, N.Y., started teaching at Cornell in September 1987. He taught biology for 23 years, and retired in fall 2010. At the 2011 Commencement ceremony, he was made an emeritus professor.

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