The late Proffessor Jiro Kittaka, honorary member

Luther Burbank: honorary member of the American Breeders' Association.

Luther Burbank (1849–1926) was once widely acclaimed to be America’s most famous horticulturist and plant breeder. Today, however, his name may not be recognized by many in the general public. I found that he is also unknown to even some academic horticulturists whose formal coursework apparently did not include a history of their discipline. To those scientists who know something of him, he is...

In Memoriam: Honorary Member Tomoyuki Shirai, MD, PhD, 1946–2015

An honorary member and the former president of the Japanese Society for Toxicologic Pathology, Doctor Tomoyuki Shirai, suddenly passed away from acute aortic dissection on November 19, 2015. For me, it is still difficult to find ways to manage my grief for his sudden and too early death with his seventieth birthday close at hand. On that day, Doctor Shirai attended the 46th International Sympos...

In Memoriam: Honorary Member, Yuzo Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D., 1930–2017

Late Cretaceous Echinoids from the Seymareh member (Lopha Limestone member), KabirKuh Anticline, Southwest of Iran

In the present study, Kabir kuh Section, related to the Seymareh or Lopha Limestone member (Gurpi Formation) have been Selected. The member has yielded a rich echinoid fauna and 21 species of Echinoid belonging to 14 genera are recognized and described. The Kabir Kuh section yielded two regular echinoid taxa: Salenia nutrix and Goniopygus superbus, one holectypoid taxa: Coptodiscus noemiae, two...

In Memoriam: Honorary Member, Akihiro Ito MD., Ph.D., 1938–2017

Dr. Akihiro Ito, who had been popular in Japan by the name of Professor “Hormone”, died from sepsis on August 24 after a long illness. Dr. Ito was born on Janunary 3, 1938, in Hiroshima prefecture. He graduated from the School of Medicine at Hiroshima University in March of 1962, and received his doctorate from the graduate school of the University in March of 1967. He became a research assista...