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Nathaniel Kleitman, PhD'23, a sleep researcher and retired professor emeritus of physiology, died August 13 in Los Angeles at age 104. In 1953 Kleitman and his associates identified the period of sleep known as REM, rapid eye movement. His cumulative studies on sleep deprivation established sleep research as a separate and important medical field. He is survived by two daughters. (This corrects information in the December/99 issue.--Ed.)


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William J. Sturm, an original member of the Manhattan Project, died July 25 in Western Springs, IL, at age 81. Sturm was a nuclear physicist at Oak Ridge (TN) National Laboratory before joining Argonne National Laboratory in 1956, serving as assistant director of applied physics until his retirement in 1984. Survivors include his wife, Arleen; two daughters; and three grandchildren.

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