In Memoriam DENTON A. COOLEY, MD (1920 - 2016)

Denton Arthur Cooley, MD.

Denton Arthur Cooley, MD, a pioneering heart surgeon, died November 18, 2016, at age 96. He was born in Houston, TX, on August 22, 1920, to Ralph Clarkson Cooley and Mary Fraley Cooley. From the beginning, Cooley’s career in medicine and his contributions to humanity seem to have been foreshadowed. His father was a prominent Houston dentist, and the attending obstetrician at his birth was Dr Er...

In Memoriam: Osamu Hayaishi (1920 – 2015).

Journal of Lipid Research Volume 57, 2016 517 Copyright © 2016 by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. Dr. Osamu Hayaishi, a world-renowned biochemist and oxygenase scientist, passed away on December 17, 2015, at the age of 95. He was the teacher of the authors of this tribute. In 1932, a short paper reported “ the presence of an oxydase of lipid or lipoxydase of so...

In memoriam - Bernard Becker (1920-2013).

In Memoriam Mila Rainof, MD

Since 1839, Yale medical students have been writing theses as part of their professional training. It is an introduction to the practice of original research, a demanding and sometimes exhausting pursuit. The thesis project promotes a tenacity well suited for the practice of medicine. The thesis advisor has a challenging role as well — one that can only be filled by an individual whose dedicati...

In memoriam: Jere Mead (1920-2009).

JERE MEAD did something very unusual. He established a whole new field of research. Respiratory Mechanics was his invention. Sure, there had been sporadic forays into the field beforehand, but nothing systematic. He created, developed, nurtured, and maintained this field while stimulating thousands of scientists from around the world to join him on his remarkable voyage of discovery. The luckie...