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While at Harvard, Purcell taught Physics 198, "Widely Applied Physics," which the department recently revived as Physics 125.
Professor of Physics Paul Horowitz '65 took Purcell's quantum mechanics course as an undergraduate.
When Horowitz won tenure, he found that Purcell had a similar effect on his colleagues.
Purcell was born in Taylorville, Ill. in 1912. He received his Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Purdue in 1933 and his Ph.D. from Harvard five years later.
Purcell is survived by his wife, Beth C., and two sons, Dennis W. '62 and Frank B. '65.