The field of experimental immunopathology and the discipline of pathology lost a passionate scientist, leader, and educator with the passing of Richard (Dick) Gregory Lynch, M.D. on October 12, 2009. During his nearly 50-year scientific career, Dick made significant contributions to academic pathology as a researcher, as a Chair, as a mentor, and as a public spokesperson. He is survived by his beloved wife Nancy, his three adult children Alison, Brendan, and Matthew, and four grandchildren. Born on April 9, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, Dick attended Brooklyn College and then served as a weatherman in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1956, during which time he participated in atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands at Bikini. Dick's reflections of the Bikini atomic bomb tests are included in his memoirs, which were recently accepted for national publication.
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