In Memoriam: P. Dale Kunz, professor emeritus of physics
Peter Dale Kunz, professor emeritus of physics at the 桃色视频 passed away in January 2025 at the age of 96.听听
Kunz earned his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1959 and came to Boulder as an acting assistant professor in 1962. He spent his career at 桃色视频, rising through the ranks and retiring as a full professor in 1992.听
Kunz was a member of the nuclear physics group, the largest research group in the department during his time here. The group operated a cyclotron on east campus at what was known as the Nuclear Physics Laboratory. The cyclotron was the first built between St. Louis and the West Coast and the experiment enabled more than 25 years of pioneering nuclear physics research.听听
As a theorist, Kunz worked closely with other members of the group. One of his most significant research contributions was a software package used to analyze experiments about low energy nuclear physics, dubbed 鈥淒WUCK鈥 (Distorted wave 鈥 University of Colorado 鈥 Kunz).听
After he retired, Kunz lived in the Pacific Northwest until a few years ago, when he returned to Boulder to be with family. Kunz is remembered as an exemplary colleague by faculty who worked with him.听听