Remembering the Explorers: Basil A. Pruitt Jr, MD, FACS, MCCM

Remembering Basil Gordon , 1931 – 2012

B asil Gordon, who made major research contributions to number theory, combinatorics, and algebra and who enhanced our understanding of Ramanujan’s remarkable identities, passed away on January 12, 2012, at the age of eighty. Gordon, who was a professor of mathematics at UCLA, was an outstanding teacher at all levels. His legacy will continue, owing to the impact of his fundamental work and to ...

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Jacob Lemann, Jr., MD--the Milwaukee years.

Encomium: Philipp Maria Lippe, MD, FACS, DABPM.

It is better to write an encomium than an obituary. There is no grief or regret. This will also give the subject the opportunity to protest in person all errors, omissions, and hyperbole. This is not, however, a pre-obituary. We look forward to working with Phil for many years. It will be necessarily brief and touch on only a few of his accomplishments. It will not include any anecdotes, especi...

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born into the closed society of segregated Georgia, a grandson of sharecroppers not far removed from America's original sin of slavery. This year, he is being honored a day before Barack Obama will place his hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible and take the oath of office as the nation's first black president. "The arc of history is long," King reminded us, "but ...