Professor Harry Smith (1935-2015)

The Late Professor David Boyes Smith

The following clauses from the " Memorandum regarding the position of medical officers to be appointed to H. M.'s Indian Forces " makes this clear. " The claims to pension of widows and families of medical officers shall be treated under the provisions of such Royal Warrant regulating the grant of pensions to the widows and families of British officers as may be in force at the time being. "The...

Tribute: Jeri L. Dobbs: 1935-2015.

Jeri Dobbs was an early pioneer in our field who served with distinction his entire career. One wonders why he was so involved?—probably, initially out of a sense of doing his share in promoting our fledgling profession and then surely as a committed volunteer for other activities as his demonstrated accomplishments manifested. For him, and many of that era, performing well clinically was not e...

The Successes and Failures of Professor Smith

Obituary: Professor Keith Rayner (1943–2015)

Keith was the world's leading expert in the study of the cognitive mechanisms underlying the ability to read in children and adults. In the 1970s, he pioneered the use of eye-tracking methodology in psychological research, which enabled the precise measurement and manipulation of read text with millisecond control. Through Keith's work, researchers can accurately predict how long an adult will ...

In memoriam Prof. Engineer Pompiliu Manea (1935–2015)

On Monday, June 15, 2015 the illustrious and colourful life of Prof. Engineer Pompiliu Manea Ph.D., member of the Romanian Academy of Science, came to a sudden end, just as he was resting in his chair in his apartment in Cluj-Napoca. Pompiliu Manea was born on October 7, 1935 in Purani Commune, Teleorman County, Romania, as a son of an engineer who worked with and on agricultural machines. The ...