John Conrad Waterlow CMG, FRS, FRCP, DSc

Lionel Sharples Penrose (1898-1972), MA,MD,DSc,FRCP,FRS.

Norman Henry Ashton, CBE, DSC(Lond), FRCP, FRCS, FRCPath, FRCOphth, FRS, KSTJ (1913-2000).

L ast year began with the loss of a very dear friend and colleague who had been an internationally renowned leader in ophthalmic pathology, Professor Norman H. Ashton of London (England). Of humble origins, young Norman left school at age 16 years to begin working as a laboratory assistant in a West London hospital. Subsequently, the head of the laboratory further encouraged Ashton’s interest i...

Jan Brod, MD, DSc (Prague), FRCP

He qualified in medicine from Charles University, Prague, in 1937, after which he worked in hospitals in Prague and Vienna. After the German occupation of his country he held a French Government research fellowship until the invasion of France, when he joined the Free Czech Army and served in first aid stations. After the collapse of France he joined a Czech field ambulance in Britain, and duri...

Obituary: Professor John Henry, MBBS, FRCP, FFAEM (1939–2007)

John Henry was educated at St Joseph’s Academy at Blackheath in London and qualified MBBS from King’s College Hospital, London in 1965. He obtained the MRCP (UK) Diploma in 1974 and was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1986. He was appointed as Consultant Physician to the Poisons Unit at Guy’s Hospital in 1982 and continued in that role until he became P...

In Memoriam of John T. Shepherd, MD, DSc.

John T. Shepherd, MD, DSc (Figure) was born on May 21st, 1919, in Northern Ireland and passed away in Rochester, Minnesota, on October 4, 2011, after a protracted illness. With his passing we have lost a great integrative physiologist who contributed much to the field of cardiovascular medicine, and to our scientific community. His friends and colleagues will remember his gentle humor, engaging...