Roger Bates Memorial Tribute

Fred Sanger: a memorial tribute.

Memorial tribute to Dr. Michael Conrad

We lost a dear friend and colleague on December 28, 2000, when Professor Michael Conrad passed away after a battle with lymphoma. Michael was truly a giant in the field of evolutionary computation, a pioneer who endeavored to push the limits of our knowledge of biological information processing in all its forms. His contributions to evolutionary computation include the first known simulation of...

Modern methods of fertility preservation: a tribute to Roger Gosden.

As a practitioner of ‘translational’ research, Roger Gosden’s contributions have been immense. Over a career spanning four decades, he has published numerous influential articles in peerreviewed journals and books dealing with the fertility and fecundity of various mammalian species from mouse to (wo)man. His focus has ranged from the basic biology of ovarian development and aging through gonad...

Sir James Lighthill and modern fluid mechanics: A memorial tribute

This memorial tribute commemorates Sir James Lighthill the man and the mathematical scientist. A brief biographical information is presented with my personal reminiscences. His major contributions to fluid mechanics with special reference to nonlinear dispersive waves are discussed. By any standards, his legacy of research and publications of six books and one hundred fifty papers will remain f...

A memorial tribute to Anthony E. Cawkell, 1920-2003

On 5 August 2003, our beloved colleague Anthony E. Cawkell passed away from cancer. Tony was a longtime member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Information Science as well as Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists, now the Chartered Institute for Librarians and Information Professionals (CILIP). Before ‘retiring’ to a private consultancy, CITECH Ltd, he had been ISI’...