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Yates, 80, died on Sept. 26, 2015, in Free Union, Va.
“He fell in love with science and chemistry as a young boy and always attributed his many accomplishments as a surface scientist to his students, postdocs, and colleagues at Pitt, UVA, Caltech, and the National Bureau of Standards.”—family of Yates
Most recent title: professor of chemistry, University of Virginia; emeritus R. K. Mellon Professor of Chemistry & Physics, University of Pittsburgh
Education: B.S., chemistry, Juniata College, 1956; Ph.D., physical chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960
Survivors: wife, Kerin; sons, Geoffrey and Nathan; and six grandchildren
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