Lieut.-Colonel G. F. R. Henderson, C.B. in Memoriam

Colonel D. F. Keegan

Grover F. Powers. In memoriam.

There is a law of the conservation of energy or matter, and a law of the conservation of spirit. Grover Powers' immortality is in our transmission to students and their students and their students' students of the cultural heritage. he received from his forebears and preceptors and transmitted to us. Eloquent memorials have been presented* by Edward Wakeman and Herbert Miller before the Pediatr...

F I N K I N G F R a N K F U R T

1. Laertes is about to stab Hamlet. Claudius, watching from the wings, desperately wants Laertes to stab Hamlet and has implanted a device in Laertes’ brain that, if activated, will force him to stab Hamlet. Claudius intends to activate the device if it appears that Laertes will change his mind at the last moment. Laertes, however, stabs Hamlet of his own accord and Claudius’s device is never a...

In Memoriam: John G. Gaschnig

JOHN GASCHNIC, used to come into my office quite regularly for conversations that helped calibrate my mental compass. John had definite opinions about many subjects-about how N research ought, to be pursued, about high standards of achievement, about the need for first-rate equipment, about important research topics, about personnel mattersin short, about all the sorts of things that concern me...

In memoriam. Louis G. Welt.

Louis G. Welt was a man of preeminent stature. To his friends, he played the roles of confidant, counsellor, and when necessary, stern critic. He shared their problems, trials, and tribulations; and he took great pleasure in their accomplishments and achievements. To his students, he was the embodiment of the compleat academician: a sensitive and empathetic physician, a teacher of rare ability-...