Michael John O'Hara. 22 February 1933 — 24 November 2014

World Encephalitis Day — February 22, 2014

Michael Heidelberger, 1933

Jay S. Rosenblatt (November 18, 1923-February 15, 2014).

Jay S. Rosenblatt was a pioneer in the study of the neural and endocrine bases of parental behavior in mammals. Jay's research on themechanisms underlyingmaternal behavior in cats, rats, and rabbits, and the development of behavior as a synchronous interaction between caregiver and offspring through weaning, created a genre of international maternal behavior research. He created unique experime...

George Stell (1933-2014).

Max L. Birnstiel (1933–2014)

Max L. Birnstiel When I first met Max in Zurich in the fall of 1974, ‘‘Switzerland’’ seemed to be written all over him. I had just arrived from the United States, and his reserved politeness, his aversion to jokes, and his habit of neither wasting nor mincing his words all fitted the cliché of the Swiss German. My impression was reinforced when he told me that his paternal ancestors had been gu...