Introduction: In appreciation of K. Robert Clarke

An Appreciation of Robert Turner

Robert Turner (1938–1999) was a remarkable man. Although he is perhaps best known for the groundbreaking UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS), the breadth and depth of his contributions to diabetes research are remarkable. It is a privilege for us, just a few of his many close friends and colleagues, to be able to review his contributions as a scientist and to remember him as a unique human be...

Professor Robert F. Borkenstein - Appreciation of His Life and Work.

Few men have made such a significant and sustained contribution to their chosen field of endeavor as Robert F. Borkenstein. He is an international forensic science celebrity, highly respected by his peers. The two most well-known products of his brilliance are the Breathalyzer, invented in 1954, and the "Grand Rapids Study", a seminal work which established the relative risk of being involved i...

Robert C. King: an appreciation of his work.

THE advance of scientific knowledge is a combined early differentiation of the Drosophila egg chamber in product of both the contributions of the individual the 1960s. Through painstaking three-dimensional (3D) scientist and the acceptance and authentication of his reconstructions of serially sectioned egg chambers, they or her work over time by the larger scientific community. deciphered the p...

Philip K. Bondy: an appreciation.

Robert K. Josephson (1934-2016).

Professor Robert K. Josephson died at his home in Laguna Beach, California, on 6 February 2016 following a 3 month fight with lymphoma. Over a career spanning more than half a century, and numerous venues world-wide, he became widely known and venerated as a mentor, teacher, colleague, physiologist and friend. His path to distinction began as an undergraduate at Tufts University (1952–1956). It...