Gordon Murray Shepherd, MD, DPhil, professor emeritus in the Department of Neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine, passed away on June 9, 2022, after a short hospitalization at the age of 88. He was a major and passionate contributor to our knowledge of brain synaptic organization, and the mechanisms of olfaction in particular.

Hans-Joachim Pflüger, Jochen, passed away January 25, 2022. In addition to a research career as Professor of neurobiology and functional neuroanatomy at the The Free University of Berlin, Jochen volunteered his time and commitment during a significant part of his career in leadership roles for numerous European associations, including as President of the German Neuroscience Society and Treasurer of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies.

Cloyd Ovid Trouth, M.D., PhD,  passed away on January 20, 2022. He was an Emeritus Professor of physiology and biophysics at the College of Medicine and graduate professor in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Howard University. Trouth was a great mentor and colleague, and he is missed by so many who had the opportunity to have worked and interacted with him. He is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, sister, nephews, and nieces.

John Chapin, PhD, passed away on January 3, 2022.  He was a neuroscientist who used multi-electrode based brain interface technologies to investigate the control of movement by the sensory and motor systems in the brain.

Mortimer Mishkin, a neuroscientist who received the National Medal of Science for his role in unlocking some of the most vexing mysteries of the brain, including how memories are made and kept, died Oct. 2 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 94.