Peter K. Christoff, 1911-1998

Dr R. A. Gordon 1911-1998.

Gustave Malécot, 1911-1998. Population genetics founding father.

IN November 1998 we lost one of the most important cot completed his mathematics degree at the École Normale Superieure in Paris (Nagylaki 1989). Malécot scientists of this century, Gustave Malécot. He was, in the best sense of the words, a great man. His contributold me how he had spent 2 years reading and mastering (no doubt in rigorous mathematical detail) Fisher’s artitions to science and m...

Maclyn McCarty (1911–2005)

The editorial board lost a real soul mate when Maclyn McCarty passed away on January 2nd at age 93. While attending the theater with friends, one of the many activities that he enjoyed, he collapsed. “Dr. Mac” was revered worldwide for his remarkable experiments that led to the identification of DNA as the genetic material. This totally unanticipated discovery, and the revolutionary 1944 paper ...

Simon Flexner, 1911

Francis Galton (1822-1911)

Sir Francis Galton [5] was a British science writer and amateur researcher of the late nineteenth century. He contributed greatly to the fields of statistics, experimental psychology and biometry. In the history of biology, Galton is widely regarded as the originator of the early twentieth century eugenics movement [6]. Galton published influential writings on nature versus nurturein human pers...