Northwestern Medicine expresses its condolences to the families and friends of the following alumni (listed in order of their graduation year) and faculty who have passed away.
ALUMNI
Lawrence F. Turnbull, ’46 MD
December 7
SEATTLE, WA
Joan Bleiceffer, ’50 BSDH
December 15
DES PLAINES, IL
Weldon J. Cooke, ’52 MD
December 7
LA PORTE, IN
Harry L. Gibson, ’59 MD
January 4
FULLERTON, CA
John D. Slaney, ’62 MD
December 23
REDLANDS, CA
Allen I. Arieff, ’64 MD
November 5
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Thomas S. Stevens, ’66 MD
December 26
MADISON, WI
D. Terry Esslinger, ’69 DDS
December 8
CLOVERDALE, CA
James E. Appelwick, ’71 MD
December 1
SHAWNEE, KS
Charles Thomas McHugh, ’71 GME
December 14
BAILEYVILLE, IL
Earl E. Martin, ’73 DDS
January 6
ORION, IL
Jonathan R. Merrill, ’73 MD, ’76 GME
December 14
HARTWELL, GA
Mark Greenberg, ’76 MD
December 4
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL
Michael E. Fichera, ‘77 DDS
January 11
BOXFORD, MA
William G. Spies, ’75 BSM, ’77 MD, ’80 GME
November 15
SKOKIE, IL
Marc Stanton Elias, ’19 GME
December 9
CHICAGO, IL
FACULTY
Arthur Veis, PhD, professor emeritus, Cell and Developmental Biology
April 24
EVANSTON, IL
Arthur Veis, ’51 PhD, professor emeritus, died on Sunday, April 24, 2023. He was born in 1925, served in the U.S. Navy in WWII and enrolled in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University, where he earned a PhD with Irving Klotz. He was actively engaged in science until very recently. Veis, known as “Art” by his colleagues, is widely recognized for his scientific achievements in several disciplines. His first major contributions were in elucidating the molecular structure of Type I collagen fibrils. In recent years he turned his interests to the topic of biomineralization, a field he helped create. He was never afraid to try new techniques and approaches. These often produced remarkable insights still cited in the literature. As one colleague said, “Art stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries, typically those with loud voices and sharp elbows.” In addition to his formidable abilities as an investigator and organizer, Veis was always a very welcoming, supportive, and positive person. He was an active mentor, having educated many PhD students and post-docs. At his 90th birthday party in 2015, dozens of former colleagues traveled to celebrate with him and many, many more from abroad sent warm greetings.
This tribute was written by Veis’s colleagues in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Stuart Stock, PhD, and Alvin Telser, PhD.
