--- title: My friend Mark Wise | daily.dev description: A memorial tribute to Mark Wise, the John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics at Caltech, who passed away at age 72. Delivered by longtime colleague and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-friend-mark-wise-boqlftp3e twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My friend Mark Wise | daily.dev og:description: A memorial tribute to Mark Wise, the John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics at Caltech, who passed away at age 72. Delivered by longtime colleague and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-friend-mark-wise-boqlftp3e og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bOQlFTP3e.png og:image:alt: My friend Mark Wise og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My friend Mark Wise **[Quantum Frontiers](https://daily.dev/sources/quantumfrontiers)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A memorial tribute to Mark Wise, the John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics at Caltech, who passed away at age 72. Delivered by longtime colleague and friend John Preskill, the remarks celebrate Mark's remarkable journey from an indifferent student rejected by every PhD program he applied to, to one of the most influential theoretical particle physicists of his generation. The tribute highlights his dedication to hands-on calculation, his beloved teaching style — complete with coins tossed to students, socks hurled at blackboards, and 'Wisecracks' — and his warmth as a colleague, mentor, and friend. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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