In Memoriam

Isaiah J. Fidler, DVM, PhD, FAACR, a pioneer in the field of cancer metastasis and a Past President of the AACR, died May 8, 2020, at the age of 83.

Paul A. Marks, MD, a Fellow of the AACR Academy who translated his passion for molecular biology into transformative leadership of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, died April 28, 2020, at the age of 93.

Mansukh C. Wani, PhD, an AACR emeritus member whose research led to the discovery of the anticancer therapeutics Taxol and camptothecin, died April 11, 2020, at the age of 95.

Nancy H. Colburn, PhD, a longtime member of the AACR, died March 16, 2020, at the age of 78.

Clara D. Bloomfield, MD, a Fellow of the AACR Academy whose research identified the genetic drivers of leukemia, leading to the development of more personalized treatment for the disease, died March 1, 2020, at the age of 77.

Philip Leder, MD, FAACR, a pioneering molecular biologist and geneticist and a Fellow of the AACR Academy, died February 2, 2020, at the age of 85.

Julian L. Ambrus, Sr., MD, PhD, a longtime member of the AACR, died Jan. 16, 2020, at the age of 95.

Mortimer L. Mendelsohn, MD, PhD, a renowned biosciences professor and researcher, died January 8, 2020, at the age of 94.

David A. Boothman, PhD, an Active member of the AACR, died on November 1, 2019. Dr. Boothman was professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and the inaugural Sid and Lois Eshkenazi Professor of Hematology-Oncology at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Bernard Fisher, MD, a Fellow of the AACR and a pioneering breast cancer researcher whose work dramatically altered the standard treatment for the disease, has died at the age of 101.

John A. Mannick, MD, an Emeritus member of the AACR, died on October 13, 2019 at the age of 91. Dr. Mannick was the Chief of Surgery and the Moseley Professor of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Ariel Cahill Hollinshead Hyun, PhD, a pioneering cancer researcher whose work contributed to the foundation of immunotherapy, died September 10, 2019, at the age of 90.

Gary E. Gallick, PhD, a cancer researcher and longtime professor who won accolades for his teaching, died Sept. 10, 2019, at the age of 67.

Kenneth R. Hess, PhD, an AACR member and a statistician whose work helped support numerous cancer clinical trials, died July 26, 2019, at the age of 59.

Warren H. Bryce, MS, a longtime member of the AACR, died July 19, 2019, at the age of 70.

Kurt J. Isselbacher, MD, a renowned gastroenterologist and cancer center director, died July 18, 2019, at age 93.

Elliot H. Stonehill, PhD, an Emertius member of the AACR, passed away on July 17, 2019.

Y. Fulmer Shealy, PhD, a chemist whose work contributed to the development of a treatment for melanoma, died July 3, 2019, at the age of 96.

Henry T. Lynch, MD, FAACR, a pioneering geneticist whose work in identifying hereditary components of cancer led to groundbreaking advances against several cancer types, died June 2, 2019, at the age of 91.