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June 19, 2007
Ram Sarup Rana, professor emeritus of physics at Holy Cross, died June 19, at his home in Worcester, at 78.
A longtime member of the physics department at Holy Cross, Mr. Rana had joined the faculty in 1961 as an assistant professor; he was appointed associate professor in 1963 and professor in 1969.
During his career, Mr. Rana had also been a visiting scientist at the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Mass.; visiting scientist, chemistry division, at the Argonne (Ill.) National Laboratory, during the summers of 1968-70; and, from 1966-67, exchange professor, Faculty of Sciences, University of Paris—among other responsibilities. He retired from the College in 2001.
Mr. Rana received his Ph.D. in 1959 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore; he had written his thesis under G.H. Dicke. From 1959-60, Mr. Rana had served as assistant professor of physics at Valparaiso (Ind.) University.
He is survived by his wife, Joy Davis; and his son, Dev Anand.
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