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. All dates are in 2023.
ALUMNI
Byron E. Truax, ’51 DDS
March 4
Houston, TX
Dean D. Baker, ’52 DDS
January 23
Marshalltown, IA
Robert A. Schnell, ’54 DDS
January 26
Arlington Heights, IL
David W. Bohn, ’56 DDS
January 5
Santa Barbara, CA
G. Stephen Scholly, ’56 MD
January 23
Glenview, IL
Thomas H. Casey, ’57 MD
February 10
Rochester, NY
Florence C. Jacobsen ’58 BSDH
January 6
Los Angeles, CA
Barbara Beck, ’59 BSDH
March 20
Sturgeon Bay, WI
Thomas L. Bruck, ’60 DDS
March 1
Boise, ID
Bernard D. Martin, ’60 MD
August 19
Arlington Heights, IL
Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts, MD, ’60 GME, ’63 GME (*faculty member)
January 25
Elmhurst, IL
Alan Lerner, ’61 MD
March 21
Lake Forest, IL
Joanne C. Schamberger, ’61 BSDH
March 26
Freeport, IL
Riccardo M. Benvenuto, ’62 GME
March 23
Chicago, IL
Hans W. Jung, ’64 DDS, ’69 MS
December 27
Olympia, WA
Richard J. Andrews, ’68 DDS
March 30
Sun City West, AZ
Robert M. Weir, ’69 MD
January 14
Sedona, AZ
Sister Shirley Kamentz, ’70 CERT
March 5
Dubuque, IA
Diane S. Horne, ’74 PhD
March 23
Lindenhurst, IL
Leslie A. Pliskin, ’74 BSM, ’76 MD
February 14
Corvallis, OR
Myron L. Powell ’74 DDS
January 26
Kennewick, WA
Denise Kennedyn ’86 CERT
January 10
Fountain Hills, AZ
Reverend Wesley Gene Robinson-McNeese, ’90 MD
September 18
Springfield, IL
FACULTY
Robert A. Lamb, PhD, professor emeritus, Microbiology-Immunology
September 2
EVANSTON, IL
Robert A. Lamb, PhD, professor emeritus, department of Microbiology-Immunology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, died September 2, 2023. He was 72. Lamb was an internationally recognized authority on influenza and paramyxoviruses. He made major contributions to the understanding of the molecular structure and the mechanism of replication of these disease-causing negative-strand RNA viruses. Lamb’s research revealed fundamental properties of the virus life cycles that have been crucial to the development of new vaccines and medicines.
“Bob was an integral member of our department, an outstanding scientist and a generous colleague,” said Amy Rosenzweig, PhD, the Weinberg Family Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences and chair of the department of molecular biosciences at Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. “His unwavering enthusiasm for and support of structural biology positively impacted the careers of many in the department, including myself.”
Lamb, the Kenneth F. Burgess Professor of Molecular Biosciences in Weinberg College, retired in 2022 from the University after 39 years of service. He also served as chair of the molecular biosciences department and was an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) since 1991.
“Bob Lamb was an eminent scientist who advanced our understanding of viruses,” Provost Kathleen Hagerty said. “He also was dedicated to mentoring young scientists, from undergraduates to postdoctoral fellows, for 40 years. Bob will be missed by many.”
