[RASMB] Fwd: Dr. H. Olin Spivey

[Allen Minton]

RASMBrs -

I just received the sad news of Olin Spivey's passing last week (see 
below).  Olin was a Professor Emeritus at Oklahoma State University 
in Stillwater OK.  He was an experienced practitioner of AUC and 
other biophysical-chemical techniques of protein 
characterization.  He was very interested in exploring the mechanism 
of metabolic channeling, and its mediation via the formation of 
transient enzyme-enzyme complexes.  I remember meeting Olin for the 
first time at our initial RASMB conference in Melbourne in 1991.  He 
participated in several more RASMB conferences prior to his 
retirement a few years ago.   He was a careful scientist and a really 
nice, good-natured person.   If you wish, you can send condolences to 
his wife and family through Dr. Lehoux, whose email is given below.

Allen Minton


>Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:48:10 -0500
>To: minton at helix.nih.gov
>From: "Eric A. Lehoux" <elehoux at biochem.okstate.edu>
>Subject: Dr. H. Olin Spivey
>
>Dear Dr. Minton,
>
>I am a former Ph.D. student and postdoctoral fellow of Dr. 
>Spivey.  I am writing to report sad news about Olin.  Following 
>radiation therapy for a recently diagnosed cancer, Olin quickly 
>developed infections and passed away late last week.  I would be 
>most grateful if you could pass on this sad news to colleagues of 
>Dr. Spivey whom you know. Thank you.
>
>Warmest regards,
>
>Eric
>--
>Eric A. Lehoux, Ph.D.
>Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
>Oklahoma State University
>Stillwater, OK
>74078, U.S.A.
>Tel: (614) 487-1640
>Fax: (724) 647-0009
><mailto:elehoux at biochem.okstate.edu>
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