John T. Yates, Jr. was a faculty member of our department from 1982-2006. He was the first R.K. Mellon Professor of Chemistry and Physics and founded the University Surface Science Center, in which he served as Director.
Eulogy written by former graduate students John N. Russell, Jr. (PhD 1987, University of Pittsburgh) and Thomas P. Beebe, Jr. (PhD 1987, University of Pittsburgh)