Jeremy R. Knowles, the former Royal Air Force officer who left England to join Harvard's Chemistry department in 1974 and quickly became a pillar of the University, leading the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for nearly 12 years, died Thursday April 3, after a prolonged struggle with prostate cancer. He was 72.
He died at his home in Cambridge, the University announced in a statement.
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