Indiana University officials confirmed Tuesday the death of chemistry professor Dennis Peters, who had been on faculty at the university for more than 50 years.
IU spokesperson Chuck Carney says the university president's office was notified of Peters' death this morning.
A Facebook post from the IU Chemistry Graduate Program, signed by the program's coordinator and office manager Dalane Anderson, says Peters' death was due to COVID-19 complications.
University officials could not confirm Peters' cause of death at the time of publication.
Anderson's post said Peters had been teaching general chemistry to undergraduates until mid-March, when he was hospitalized for a fall.
Peters' IU Chemistry webpage says he began teaching at IU in 1962 before becoming the Herman T. Briscoe Professor in 1975, and went on to win 11 teaching awards at the university.
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