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Member Obituaries

ASPET wishes to acknowledge deceased Society members with expanded obituaries on our website. Obituaries for publication on the Society's webpage should be submitted via e-mail to the ASPET membership department at membership@aspet.org. Please include the individual's full name, date of birth and death, education and professional affiliations, and any other details in remembrance of the individual you wish to acknowledge, along with a photo, if available.



  • December 09, 2019
    Obituary: Craig Beeson
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of ASPET Division for Drug Development and Discovery committee member Craig Beeson.
  • November 26, 2019
    Obituary: Henry W. Strobel
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of Henry W. Strobel, PhD, biochemistry professor and accomplished faculty member at the McGovern Medical School.
  • November 18, 2019
    Obituary: Edward A. Carr, Jr.
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of Dr. Edward A. Carr, Jr., formerly Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Professor of Medicine in the Medical School of the State University of New York at Buffalo, and President of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
  • November 18, 2019
    Obituary: Jeffrey L. Blumer
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of former member Jeffrey L. Blumer, PhD, MD, chief of the Division of Critical Care at Rainbow and Children's Hospital and chief of Pediatric Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University.
  • November 11, 2019
    Obituary: Barry Wolfe
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of former ASPET member Barry Wolfe, PhD, co-director of the PhD program in pharmacology and physiology and director of MS graduate studies at Georgetown University.
  • September 12, 2019
    Obituary: John Oates
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of John Oates, MD, former ASPET member, internationally known physician at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a founding father of the discipline of Clinical Pharmacology.
  • August 26, 2019
    Obituary: Paul M. Vanhoutte
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of longtime ASPET member Paul M. Vanhoutte, namesake of the Paul M. Vanhoutte Distinguished Lectureship in Vascular Pharmacology.
  • July 18, 2019
    Obituary: Louis S. Harris
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of Louis S. Harris, former department chair of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and a leader in opioid and cannabinoid pharmacology research.
  • July 08, 2019
    Obituary: Joel Griffeth Hardman
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of Joel Griffeth Hardman, PhD, internationally recognized scientist, educator, and former ASPET president.
  • May 03, 2019
    Obituary: Raymond W. Ruddon
    ASPET notes with sympathy the passing of Raymond W. Ruddon, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical School.

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