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Aaron Novick 1919-2000
<HTML> <!--Copyright 2000 by Gene Dannen (gene@dannen.com) --> <!--Created December 23, 2000 --> <HEAD> <TITLE>Aaron Novick 1919-2000</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" ALINK="#00ff00" VLINK="#ff0000"> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Aaron Novick 1919 - 2000</H1> <CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="550"><TR><TD> <P><FONT SIZE="+2">Aaron Novick,</FONT> <FONT SIZE="+1"> a pioneer in the field of molecular biology, died December 21, 2000 in Eugene, Oregon, at the age of 81.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+1">A memorial service will be held on a date to be announced in January.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+1">In 1947, Leo Szilard asked Aaron to join him in "an adventure in biology." Their collaboration, at the University of Chicago, lasted until 1953. This website includes <A HREF="audio.html">audio clips of Aaron reminiscing about Szilard.</A></FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+1">In 1959, Aaron founded the Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon. He retired from the University in 1984.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+1">I (Gene Dannen) will miss Aaron greatly as a mentor and friend.</FONT></P> <P><STRONG>News Links:</STRONG> (pages may not stay archived by sources)</P> <P><STRONG> <A HREF="http://www.registerguard.com/news/20001223/1a.novick.1223.html">"A-bomb scientist turned pacifist dies,"</A> by Greg Bolt, <A HREF="http://www.registerguard.com/">The Register-Guard,</A> Eugene, Oregon, December 23, 2000, page 1 and 10A.</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><A HREF="http://www.registerguard.com/news/20001223/ed.edit.novick.1223.html">"A remarkable man: Aaron Novick dedicated life to science, arms control"</A> (Editorial); <A HREF="http://www.registerguard.com/">The Register-Guard,</A> Eugene, Oregon, December 23, 2000, page 14A.</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><A HREF="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/oregonian/00/12/lc_71novic23.frame">"Oregon science pioneer Aaron Novick dies at 81,"</A> by Richard L. Hill, <A HREF="http://www.oregonian.com/">The Oregonian,</A> Portland, Oregon, December 23, 2000, page 1 and 4.</STRONG></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="-1">Web posted: December 23, 2000<BR> URL: http://www.dannen.com/aaron.html<BR> <A HREF="home.html"><EM>Gene Dannen / gene@dannen.com</EM></A></FONT></P> <P><A HREF="szilard.html"><IMG SRC="images/red_arr.gif" WIDTH=13 HEIGHT=13 ALT="*"> Leo Szilard Online</A></P> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> </BODY></HTML>