Credit:
Courtesy of the Ratner family
Mark Ratner, 83, of Glenview, Illinois, died May 10, 2026.
“Mark was the personification of the international community of science, eternally curious, interested in everything, and warm, collaborative, and optimistic. He was the recipient of three major American Chemical Society awards: the Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (2004), the Willard Gibbs Medal (2012), and the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry (2016).”—Dan Ratner, son
Most recent title: Professor emeritus of chemistry, Northwestern University
Education: BA, chemistry, Harvard University, 1964; PhD, chemistry, Northwestern University, 1969
Survivors: Wife, Nancy Ratner; children, Stacy Ratner and Dan Ratner
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