Donald L. Morton, 1935-2014

Preface: The Living Legacy of Donald L. Morton.

Donald L. Morton, MD … a living legend in surgical oncology.

Over the past half century, Dr. Donald L. Morton has changed our melanoma surgical practice and our oncology management on a global basis (Fig. 1). His pioneering clinical research efforts in the development and clinical application of sentinel node biopsy have transformed the surgical management of many solid tumors, particularly melanoma and breast cancer [1][2]. In these latter two cancers, ...

Donald L. Morton, MD.... A Legendary Surgical Oncologist and Consummate Investigator.

Obituary: Marcel F. Neuts 1935-2014

MarcelNeuts died in his home inTucson,Arizona, on 9March 2014. Hewas born inBelgium on 21 February 1935, and received his school and undergraduate education in Belgium before moving to Stanford University for his Masters (1958–1959) and PhD (1959–1960), supervised by Samuel Karlin. His main academic appointments were at Purdue University (1962–1976), University of Delaware (1976–1985), and 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...