In Memoriam – Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi

With great sadness we inform you that one of the Giants in Reproduction, Professor Ryuzo Yanagimachi, passed away on September 27, 2023. Yana, as everyone called him, was 95 years old. He was full of energy and full of vitality until the end. On the day he entered the...

In Memoriam – Arnold Belker, M.D.

Arnold Belker, M.D. died on August 26, 2023.  His record of service to both patients and colleagues is inspirational. Dr. Belker was a highly respected leader in our discipline who was a regular attendee and contributor to ASA meetings. He served as President of the...

Dr. Richard V. Clark

We are saddened by the recent death of Richard V Clark, MD, PhD. Richard was a warm and gracious man, very accomplished, greatly admired and respected by all who knew him and at the same time, he was very thoughtful, funny, and kind, with a twinkle in his eyes. The...

In Memoriam – Diarmaid H. Douglas-Hamilton

DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Diarmaid Noted Local Physicist and Company Founder Diarmaid H. Douglas-Hamilton, inventor, entrepreneur, amateur pilot, mountaineer, and physicist, died Jan.19, at age 82 at his office in Beverly, MA, after a heart attack. He leaves his wife of 40...

William D. Odell MD, PhD (1929–2022)

Dr. Bill Odell passed away in November, 2022 at age 93. Bill was a Senior Investigator at the NIH, Professor and Chair of Medicine at Harbor-UCLA and Professor of Physiology and Medicine at UCLA and University of Utah, President of the ASA, Vice President of the...