Dwight R. Nicholson

Age: 44

Summary: chairman of the Department of Physics and Astronomy department at the University of Iowa who conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Colorado, where he also taught a course in plasma physics and published a graduate-level textbook on plasma theory, who published more than 35 scientific articles in professional journals and remained active in plasma physics research.

Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot

Born: October 3, 1947

Died: November 1, 1991

Location: Iowa City, Iowa