Stephen G. Bishop ’65 PhD

Stephen G. Bishop ’65 PhD, of Northbrook, Ill.; May 28, after a prolonged illness. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Gettysburg College and later served on the college’s board of trustees for 14 years. Upon receiving his PhD from Brown, he became a researcher and later leader at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., with year-long sabbaticals at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Germany and the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in England. In 1989, he accepted a position as professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the microelectronics lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Later in his career, he served UIUC as a faculty fellow and associate vice president in the office for technology and economic development. He and his wife of more than 60 years, Helene, retired to the Chicago suburbs in 2011. In addition to Helene, he is survived by two sons, including Lars Bishop ’94; daughter-in-law Jennifer Acker Bishop ’94; and four grandchildren, including granddaughter Nadia Bishop ’26.