Chris Zafiratos received his B.S. from Lewis & Clark College in 1957 and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1962. He was then a postdoctoral fellow at Los Alamos National laboratory and faculty member at Oregon State University before coming to the University of Colorado in 1967. His principal research was in nuclear physics, and he was author of over fifty articles and books. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Lewis & Clark College, as well as numerous other citations for contributions to his field. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society and served in several academic administrative positions during his tenure at the University of Colorado. He was also vice president emeritus for the University of Colorado System, which includes four campuses, as well as professor emeritus of physics. Chris died in August in the year 2004.
