Robert V. Daniels, 1926-2010

In memoriam: Robert Steven Ledley, DDS, MS (physics), 1926-2012.

Robert S. Ledley, one of the founding fathers of the field of medical decision making and the man who applied computer science to medical judgment and diagnosis, died July 24, 2012, after a prolonged struggle with Alzheimer’s. Our community, as well as the medical field as a whole, has lost a pioneering genius. Bob Ledley’s legacy will live on through his magnum opus ‘‘Reasoning Foundations of ...

Robert V. Cooke

Mr. Robert Cooke formerly Senior Surgeon to the United Bristol Hospitals died on 17th January 1978 at the age of 75. He was born at Berkeley Gloucestershire and educated at the Grammar School at Lydney on the "Opposite side of the Severn Estuary. He entered the University of Bristol to study Chemistry but soon moved to the Faculty of Medicine and qualified in 1926. After house surgeon aPpointme...

In Memoriam: Chittoor V. Ramamoorthy, PhD 1926-2016

In Memoriam: Robert M. Chanock, MD, 1924–2010.

The world of biomedical science lost a revered leader on July 30, 2010, with the death of Robert M. Chanock (Figure 1), age 86, at Copper Ridge residential care center, Sykesville, Maryland, from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. Bob Chanock’s impact on infectious diseases in the last half of the twentieth century was unparalleled. In a 1967 reference to Bob’s first decade at the Na...

2010 renal section awardees. 2010 Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology.

The Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology recognizes distinguished lifetime achievement in renal physiology research. This year’s recipient is Roland C. Blantz, M.D., of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Dr. Blantz was honored at the 2017 Renal Dinner and participated in the Renal Section’s Posters and Professors Reception at EB 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Bor...