Professor Norman W. Schaad (*11/9/1940-†11/23/2022)

Professor C. W. Boeck

world generally. Wilhelm Boeck was born at Kongsberg in 1808, became a student in 1S27. Doctor in 1831; he was elected member of the Storthing in 1845 and Professor at the University in 1846. Boeck's name and scientific merits stand in special connexion witli his investigation of two of the most terrible forms of disease which have afflicted and still afflict the human race. Of one of these, Le...

A giant's shoulders: a Perspective from Professor Norman L. Allinger

If we can see further into the details of molecular structure, it is because we are standing on several strong sets of shoulders, of which Norman ‘‘Lou’’ Allinger’s are one. Many of us remember the days when small molecule modeling was done almost solely with his ‘‘MM’’ series of programs, MM1, MM2, MM3, MM4 which Lou painstakingly parameterized for the particular chemical functionality of his ...

Professor W. St. Clair Symmers, M.B

Professor David W. Denning: An Extraordinary High Achiever in Clinical and Translational Science

It is often wondered as to what part of all the research performed around the globe actually leaves the lab and reaches the real people and betters their lives. In case of Professor David W. Denning's research, a large part does. As a prominent international face in the field of medical mycology, he translates his research into clinical applications and takes medical problems back to his lab, i...

Norman Geschwind

Norman Geschwind (1926–1984) was born in New York City on 8 January, 1926, where his parents, Hannah and Morris, had arrived from Polish Galicia 20 years before [4]. When Norman was four, his father died of pneumonia. Despite difficulties, Hannah sent Norman and his brother Irving to the Hebrew Institute of Borough Park, where he never mastered Hebrew [2]. His later years at the Boy’s High Scho...