Dr. Robert Bauer (1950-2014) in memoriam: botanist, mycologist, and electron microscopist

The life and work of Dr. Robert Bittman (1942-2014).

-With the passing of Dr. Robert Bittman on the 1 Oct 2014 from cancer, the lipid field lost its most distinguished lipid chemist researcher. Herein, we provide a brief account of Dr. Robert Bittman’s research achievements over a 50 year career. Dr. Robert Bittman’s lasting legacies to the fields of lipid membrane biophysics, cholesterol trafficking and cellular functions of phospholipids and sp...

Robert L. Comis: In Memoriam

Robert L. (Bob) Comis, M.D., passed away suddenly on May 10, 2017.The oncology community remembers with great affection his many contributions to our field. Dr. Comis was a medical oncologist who made major advances in the treatment of lung cancer, from the time he was the director of clinical research in that field in the extramural program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) until his more...

In Memoriam William Allan Light (1950-2002)

William Allan Light, known to his friends as ‘‘Will,’’ died on Sunday, December 8, 2002. He was at his home, Gartree House, Illston-on-the-Hill, near Leicester in England, when he was felled by a heart attack. He was 52 years old. Will is survived by his wife, the former Anita Edwards, by his mother, Mrs. Mary Light of Lancaster, and by a sister, Helen Johnson. At the time of death, Will was an...

Carlos Margarit in memoriam, 1950-2005.

In Memoriam: Sandy Ford (1950–2015)

age. To her children, she was a loving mother; to her co-workers, she was a caring human being and dedicated public health worker; to the world, she was a herald of the AIDS epidemic, playing a major role in alerting the world to the onset of this epidemic. In January 1979, Sandy took a position in the Parasitic Diseases Division in the Centers for Disease Control, now the Centers for Disease C...