Dr Maurice Vernon Carter– plant pathologist and epidemiologist, 1926–2014

The accidental plant pathologist.

This article presents the experiences of a woman in academic plant pathology from the 1950s to today. Topics include the social climate for women in science, personal and professional developments and research discoveries, public policy issues in agriculture and biotechnology affecting plant pathology, and projections for the future of plant pathology.

Lillian Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and caregiving.

O n March 10, 2011, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was the guest speaker for the 20th induction ceremony of the Georgia Women of Achievement at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. No one was more appropriate for this role, as one of the three women inducted that day was her own mother-in-law, Lillian Gordy Carter, who passed away in 1983 at the age of 85. Both of my parents were born and rai...

Vernon Remembered

Editor's Note: The world of neuroscience lost one of its pioneers when Vernon B. Mountcastle, M.D., died January 11 in Baltimore at age 96. Often referred to as " the father of neuroscience, " Mountcastle defied early skeptics by showing how cylinders of neurons, dedicated to specific tasks, work together. This month's Cerebrum features remembrances from two colleagues influenced by Mountcastle...

Vernon W. Lippard

Vernon Mountcastle: Father of neuroscience.

The first annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience was held in 1971 in Washington, DC. Vernon Mountcastle, the first elected president of the fledgling society, planned every detail of the inaugural meeting and was at the front door to greet everyone into what would eventually become a major scientific discipline. The Society would grow rapidly as researchers in Departments of Anatomy, Ph...