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  1. May 30, 2022 · Read their stories and explore the rest of our 150th anniversary coverage here. When Ann Nelson died in a tragic hiking accident in 2019, the loss went far beyond the pain felt by her many mentees ...

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  2. Aug 22, 2019 · The theoretical particle physicist Ann Nelson, who died on August 4 at age 61, was a font of brilliant ideas and a champion of ending discrimination in the field. Ann Nelson hiking last year in The Enchantments, an area in the Cascades in Washington State. Courtesy of David Kaplan. The Standard Model of particle physics enumerates all the ...

  3. Aug 8, 2019 · Ann Nelson (1958–2019) Students and colleagues describe the impact of the theoretical particle physicist on their careers. Ann Nelson, a theoretical physicist at the University of Washington, Seattle (UW), died on 4 August in a hiking accident. She was 61 years old.

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  4. Dec 1, 2019 · Ann enjoyed her work as a physicist and ensured that those around her did too, as is evident from the numerous online tributes (“ Ann Nelson, 1958–2019,” Physics Today online, 8 August 2019). In 1987 Ann became the first tenure-track woman in physics at Stanford. A year later she moved to the University of California, San Diego.

  5. Ann Elizabeth Nelson, ’80, who taught at the U. of Washington, died August 4 when she fell while hiking with her husband and friends in the Central Cascades. She was 61. In a field dominated by men, Nelson never let her gender inhibit her passion for science. As a high school senior in Lafayette, Calif., she enrolled in physics classes at UC ...

  6. Ann Nelson. This memorial obituary was originally published by the Seattle Times, (2019) here. Ann Nelson loved a challenge. From becoming an accomplished physicist in a field dominated by men to summiting mountains, Dr. Nelson spent her life focused on the next goal — and on giving others a hand along the way.

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  8. Aug 13, 2019 · Renowned theoretical physicist and UW professor Ann Nelson passed away Sunday, Aug. 4, after suffering a fatal fall while backpacking with family and friends in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area