David Chandler

The last time I saw David was when I was giving a presentation at a physics conference in San Antonio, TX, on March 5th, 2015. Much to my surprise, David and Elaine were sitting in the front row. When I recognized them, I was able to insert something into my talk about my first encounter with David way back in 1961 at our tennis club on Long Island, NY. Back then, little did I realize that we would meet again in 1966 as graduate students at Harvard, play tennis regularly, and be coached by...

I met Professor Chandler in 2009 at the MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco.
We had invited him to deliver a talk in our photoelectrochemistry symposium because we wanted to understand the liquid part in water splitting for a sustainable energy future.
His wife shared with me that he was suffering or had been suffering from cancer; But I can state Prof. Chandler was looking very good that day in Spring 2009.

Tonight, my literature search for a review article pointed me to David...

I was a colleague of David for many years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and got to know him, Elaine and the two kids (they were kids at that time). He was a brilliant scientist and great teacher. I loved hearing him lecture. Creative, competitive and loved to play with ideas. I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to know him. He will be missed by those closest to him as well as those he touched through his science.

May memories and prayers comfort family and friends as David R.I.P

I have many fond memories of David and his wife, Elaine, who were my wife's and my good friends for more than 50 years. Here I will limit my remarks to a great gift David bestowed on me. He taught me how to play a winning game of tennis, a sport I have played for the past 65 years.

David and I grew up in the same village, Great Neck, NY, but I did not get to know him until he and Elaine moved into the married students' apartments at Harvard, where my wife and I lived, while he and I...

Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.

David, we admired you as a scientist, but mostly we loved you as a friend. You left us way too soon.

David was a caring, supportive friend not only in high school but also on the occasions when we were in touch over the years. Our high school class (Great Neck South '62) has been sharing an outpouring of memories, and we are all so sad at this loss.

May God's loving kindness and comfort help you and your family through this very sad time Psalms 29:11