Rudolph A. Marcus: key obituary facts
Is Rudolph A. Marcus dead? Yes. Rudolph A. Marcus died on July 16, 2026, at age 102.
Cause of death: Rudolph A. Marcus's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Rudolph A. Marcus known for?
He was a Canadian chemist.
More about Rudolph A. Marcus
Born: 21 July 1923.
Place of birth: Montreal.
Gender: male.
Occupation: chemist, university teacher.
Nationality: Canada, United States.
Education: McGill University, Baron Byng High School.
Employer: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, California Institute of Technology, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Willard Gibbs Award, ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry, National Medal of Science, Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Humboldt Research Fellowship, Lavoisier Medal, Centenary Prize.
Also known as: Rudolph Arthur Marcus, Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus, Rudolph Marcus, R. A. Marcus, Rudolph A Marcus.
Known for: Marcus theoryRRKM theory.
Rudolph A.
Marcus, the Canadian-born American chemist who won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on electron transfer reactions, died on July 16, 2026. He was 102.
Marcus, whose full name was Rudolph Arthur Marcus, was born in Montreal on July 21, 1923, and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1958. He earned both his bachelor’s degree and doctorate from McGill University, and his career included appointments at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the California Institute of Technology, New York University Tandon School of Engineering and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His name became attached to Marcus theory, the framework used to describe one-electron outer-sphere electron transfer.