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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.



  • August 14, 2013
    Obituary: Carmine Paul Bianchi
    The Scientific Community of Philadelphia lost a loyal member on August 13 with the passing of Carmine Paul Bianchi, Ph.D., age 86, emeritus professor and former chairman of phamacology at the Thomas Jefferson University College of Medicine.
  • August 07, 2013
    Obituary: Allan H. Conney
    We note with regret the passing of Allan H. Conney, the William M. and Myrle W. Garbe Professor of Cancer and Leukemia Research at Rutgers University.
  • August 05, 2013
    Obituary: Ronald Winfield Estabrook
    On August 5, 2013, Ronald W. Estabrook, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.) died in Dallas at the age of 87.
  • June 13, 2013
    Obituary: William L. Woolverton
    William Woolverton died on June 13, 2013 after a brief illness. He is considered one of the leaders in the neuropharmacology of drug abuse involving animal models.
  • April 21, 2013
    Obituary: Toshio Narahashi
    Toshio Narahashi, widely considered one of the founding fathers of neurotoxicology and a leader in cellular neuropharmacology, died at his Chicago home on April 21, 2013, of complications associated with colon cancer. He was 86.
  • February 02, 2013
    Obituary: John C. "Jack" McGiff
    John Charles “Jack” McGiff passed away on February 2, 2013 at his home in Patchogue, NY.
  • December 05, 2012
    Obituary: Desmond R. H. Gourley
    Des Gourley passed away on December 4, 2012 shortly after his 90th birthday.
  • October 27, 2012
    Obituary: Sydney Spector
    Sydney Spector, age 88, passed away October 26, 2012.
  • August 25, 2012
    Obituary: Stata Norton
    Dr. Stata Norton, former Dean of the School of Health Professions and Professor Emeritus of pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics, passed away on August 25, 2012.
  • June 01, 2012
    Obituary: Avram Goldstein
    Avram Goldstein, 92, an emeritus professor of pharmacology at the Stanford University School of Medicine and one of the discoverers of endorphins in the late 1970s, died June 1 after a long decline.

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