When I learned that Susan Lindquist had passed away at the age of 67 from cancer, my heart broke. This fierce flame for science and for women had been extinguished, and for a moment the world became a little dimmer. I first met Susan Lindquist in 1994 when I was a postdoc interviewing for a faculty position at the University of Chicago. Wemet for breakfast at a local diner.We talked about our s...

New data and recent analysis of structural geology the Mediterranean regions Introduction to “Geodynamics, Crustal Lithospheric Tectonics, active deformation in Regions” A tribute Prof. Renato Funiciello

This paper is a tribute for Carine Nourry this special issue of Mathematical Social Sciences.

Prominent figures from the world of nursing and politics have paid tribute to RCN general secretary Christine Hancock following her announcement that will step down next summer.

Jasper Rine pays tribute to a distinguished career spanning several fields and a personality that was a legend among the many great teachers at UCSF.

Hans Thoenen: 1928–2012 Hans Thoenen passed away on June 23, 2012, a fewmonths after being diagnosed with lung cancer. He left us grateful for what he had been able to accomplish in his life as scientist, but he was neither exuberant nor proud. Hans remained extraordinarily modest about his achievements—he felt far more comfortable by understating his contributions and never liked receiving com...

Few people achieve distinction in their careers. Dr Mark L. Dyken has excelled in many—clinician, teacher, investigator, leader, editor—all at a superb level. Dr Dyken’s professional life began and continues as a masterful and compassionate clinician who loves teaching. Remarkably, 4 medical school classes at Indiana University voted him Outstanding Professor, and the university conferred upon ...

Returning to the University of Uppsala after 1 year in ON DECEMBER 1, 1996, the world lost one of this century’s giants in hematology. Jan Gosta WaldenMunich, he studied diseases associated with an elevation of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Waldenström ström was born the son and grandson of physicians in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 17, 1906. During his long and distindescribed three...

David R. Colman: 1949–2011 On June 1, 2011, David Colman, a renowned Neuroscientist, Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), and a long-standing member of the editorial board of this journal, passed away unexpectedly following a recent illness. His death was a devastating loss to his family, to his associates and coworkers at the MNI, and to his many friends and colleagues in neu...