Nalin Jayantilal Unakar ’65 PhD

Nalin Jayantilal Unakar ’65 PhD, of Rochester Hills, Mich.; Jul. 17, after a brief illness. After completing his master’s degree in India, he journeyed to America and graduated from Brown with a doctorate in biological sciences. He went on to work briefly in Canada before joining the faculty at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., where he advanced from professor to chairman of their biological sciences department. He was instrumental in helping the University expand its biological sciences department and securing funding for its first electron microscope. He retired in 2000 and spent time traveling the world with his wife, Nita, who preceded him in death. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, and four grandchildren.