Thomas P. Linehan, 1926-2017

Thomas Earl Starzl, MD, PhD (1926–2017): Father of Transplantation

Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, was known to most as the “Father of Transplantation”—he laid the groundwork for an entire new field of medicine. Throughout his career he continued to make among the most significant, landmark advancements, from technically describing and perfecting the many variations of liver surgery, including transplantation, to identifying better ways to control organ rejection, ...

Prof. Dr. Johannes Joseph van Rood (1926‐2017)

Jon was born on April 7, 1926 in Scheveningen, a town situated on the coast of the Netherlands. At the end of the Second World War, he began his medical studies at Leiden University. After finishing these, Jon was active as a ‘house doctor’, and visited many of his patients in the country areas. He considered this as one of the best medical learning experiences of his early career, as he was co...

Marshall , Joe and Linehan , Conor and Spence , Jocelyn and Rennick - Egglestone , Stefan ( 2017 ) Throwaway

In CHI papers, citation of previous work is typically a shallow, throwaway action that demonstrates little critical engagement with the work cited. We present a citation context analysis of over 3000 citations from 69 papers at CHI2016, which demonstrates that only 4.8% of papers cited are presented as anything other than uncontested fact. In 43% of CHI papers sampled, we found no evidence of a...

Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, 23 June 1926-8 May 2017.

Irwin Rose (1926-2015).

On June 2, 2015, Irwin (Ernie) Rose died quietly in his sleep at age 88, after a long and fruitful lifetime of sleuthing for the secrets of life at the molecular level. Truly great scientists are much more than the sum of their publications and awards. This is especially true for Ernie who, when informed that he had been awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, wondered aloud whether he reall...