Louis James Casarett (1927-1972)

James Norman Davidson, 1911-1972.

1972 , Volume , Issue Nov-1972

It makes swept insertion and return loss measurements simultaneously, overa wide frequency range. TO THE MICROWAVE ENGINEER, an instru ment that measures insertion and return loss simultaneously, over a broad band, would be as useful as is the voltmeter to other electronic special ists, provided it is made practical in several im portant ways. • Its measurements must really refer to the micro...

Marshall Nirenberg 1927–2010

of the true giants in the history of science. Marshall Nirenberg, the man who deciphered the genetic code, was taken from us by a rare neuroendocrine cancer. He was 82 years old. I was one of the many scientists who had the good fortune to be trained in Marshall's lab, to be exposed to his brilliance , to be instilled with his values, and to be inspired by his enthusiasm for the discovery of im...

Anne McLaren 1927–2007

This had been a celebratory year for Anne McLaren. In April, her 80th birthday was marked in Cambridge, UK by a special symposium in her honor on germ cells and stem cells, two subjects very close to her heart and the main themes of her research endeavors throughout her career. Many of her colleagues and friends from all over the world gathered to participate in lively scientific sessions, grea...

Akivo Lenzner, 1927–2012

A kivo Lenzner, an Estonian professor emeritus of the University of Tartu since 1993 and a well-known researcher of microbial ecology, passed away on 27th of April 2012 at the age of 85. Akivo Lenzner was of Jewish origin, was born in Tartu, and graduated from a high-level Estonian language gymnasium. His father Aron Lenzner had served as a doctor in the Estonian first independence war in 1918Á...