Gordon John Van Wylen (February 6, 1920–November 5, 2020) was an American physicist and author of textbooks on thermodynamics. He was chair of the physics department at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1972 and President of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, from 1972 to 1987. He was born in Grant, Michigan and turned 100 in February 2020. Van Wylen died on November 5th, 2020, of complications from COVID-19.
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6 February 1920 Grant, Michigan
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Died |
5 November 2020 (aged 100)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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