Hugo W. Moser, MD (1924-2007)

Ralston andrew lawrie (1924-2007): an appreciation.

Ralston Lawrie was born in Paisley in 1924 and although he left Scotland in 1949, on meeting him no one could have any doubts as to where he had spent his formative years. After attending Paisley Grammar School he entered Glasgow University in 1941. He initially planned to study medicine but decided this was not the profession for him which is a little surprising since he already had handwritin...

Durward William John Cruickshank (1924-2007).

In Memoriam: Robert M. Chanock, MD, 1924–2010.

The world of biomedical science lost a revered leader on July 30, 2010, with the death of Robert M. Chanock (Figure 1), age 86, at Copper Ridge residential care center, Sykesville, Maryland, from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. Bob Chanock’s impact on infectious diseases in the last half of the twentieth century was unparalleled. In a 1967 reference to Bob’s first decade at the Na...

Ashley W. Oughterson, MD: Surgeon, Soldier, Leader

Ashley W. Oughterson, MD, (1895-1956) was a longtime faculty surgeon at Yale University. He performed some of the earliest pancreatic resections in the United States. During World War II, Colonel Oughterson was the primary "Surgical Consultant" in the South Pacific and present at nearly every major battle. His meticulously kept diary is regarded as the foremost source detailing wartime surgical...

William Clifford Roberts, MD: an interview by W. Bruce Fye, MD.

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2007;20(3):269–292 B ill Roberts (Figure 1) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 11, 1932, and he grew up there. In 1954, Bill graduated from Southern Methodist University (SMU) and in 1958, from Emory University School of Medicine. His internship was in internal medicine at the Boston City Hospital. After a 3-year residency in anatomic pathology at the National ...