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The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine wishes to acknowledge the passing of its members and colleagues, all of whom have contributed significantly to the MR community. If you would like to submit an obituary for posting on this page, please send the text and/or link along with an image, if desired, to in_memoriam@ismrm.org.

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and its staff assume no responsibility for the accuracy of the given information.

George K. Radda, D.Phil.
09 June 1936 – 13 September 2024

R. Mark Henkelman, Ph.D.
01 December 1946 – 28 June 2024

Jaap Valk, M.D.
23 July 1929 – 13 April 2024

Esben T. Petersen, Ph.D.
10 October 1973 – 19 August 2023

John E. Tanner, Jr. Ph.D.
1930 – 11 August 2023
Honorary Member of ISMRM
Watch the video tribute by Derek Jones

Rao P. Gullapalli, Ph.D.
28 August 1958 – 18 April 2023

Gerald (Jerry) B. Matson, Ph.D.
25 August 1938 – 19 February 2023

E. James Potchen, M.D.
02 December 1932 – 20 August 2022

James S. Hyde, Ph.D.
10 May 1931 – 13 August 2022

Raymond Vahan Damadian
16 March 1936 – 03 August 2022

W. Thomas Dixon, Ph.D.
1945 – 01 August 2022

Robert J. Gillies, Ph.D.
27 Feb 1953 – 7 June 2022

Francis W. Smith, M.D.
1943 – 2022

Weston A. Anderson
28 March 1928 – 03 November 2021

Richard R. Ernst, Ph.D.
14 August 1933 – 04 June 2021
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991

John R. Mallard, OBE, FRSE, FREng
14 January 1927 – 25 February 2021

Gheorghe D. Mateescu, Ph.D.
11 November 1928 – 22 January 2021

Paul E. Bullwinkel, Ph.D.
06 April 1952 – 21 December 2020

Professor Iain Wilkinson
7 Nov 1964 – 27 Oct 2020

Martin E. Packard, Ph.D.
03 October 1921 – 30 July 2020

Richard Patrick Magrath, III
27 September 1988 – 28 July 2020

Sanjiv “Sam” Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D.
23 November 1962 – 18 July 2020

Edward F. Jackson, Ph.D.
08 December 1961 – 02 June 2020
University of Wisconsin-Madison obituary
Additional obituary

Paul Margosian, Ph.D.
01 August 1940 – 02 April 2020

Walter Robb
25 April 1928 – 23 March 2020

Alan C. McLaughlin, Ph.D.
10 October 2019

William E. Doherty, Jr., M.E.Eng.
11 February 1934 – 09 October 2019

Ian R. Young, Ph.D.
11 January 1932 – 27 September 2019

Jerome R. Singer, Ph.D.
1921 – 30 July 2019

Tsutomu Nakada, M.D.,Ph.D.
1950 – July 1, 2018

Vanessa A. Sluming, Ph.D.
14 July 1951 – 10 May 2018

Daniel A. Finelli, M.D., FACR
1959 – 25 July 2018

Sarah J. Nelson, Ph.D.
26 February 1954 – 03 April 2019

Alexander R. Margulis, M.D.
31 March 1921 – 07 September 2018

James Hutchison, Ph.D.
04 September 2018

Wolfgang Steinbrich, M.D.
07 March 2018

Seymour Koenig, Ph.D.
16 July 1927 – 19 February 2018

William G. Bradley, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
30 July 1948 – 20 November 2017

M. Joan Dawson, Ph.D.
09 February 1944 – 27 July 2017

Mike Boska, Ph.D.
17 November 1957 – 13 May 2017

Sir Peter Mansfield
09 October 1933 – 08 February 2017

Klaas Nicolay, Ph.D.
29 June 1951 – 10 January 2017

Kang Cheng, Ph.D.
30 August 1962 – 08 November 2016

Erwin L. Hahn, Ph.D.
09 June 1921 – 20 September 2016

Atsuko Heshiki, M.D., Ph.D.
17 December 1938 – 08 September 2016

Graham C. Wiggins, D.Phil.
25 October 1962 – 07 September 2016

Goran Bačić, Ph.D.
19 December 1951 – 02 September 2016

Andrzej Jesmanowicz, Ph.D.
13 May 1944 – 15 May 2016

Laurence P. Clarke, Ph.D.
27 December 1943 – 16 April 2016

Nicholas Alexander Matwiyoff, Ph.D.
August 1937 – February 2015

Istvan Pirko, M.D.
11 June 1971 – 30 November 2014

Ferenc A. Jolesz, M.D.
21 May 1946 – 31 December 2014

Michael H. Buonocore, M.D., Ph.D.
24 October 1954 – 21 June 2014

If you wish to express your condolences to the Buonocore family, please send to Roberta@ismrm.org. Your communications will be forwarded to the family’s representative.

Lise Vejby Søgaard
02 July 1969 – 18 February 2014

John (Jack) W. Belliveau
1959 – 14 February 2014

William A. Edelstein
1944 – 10 February 2014

Mutsumasa Takahashi
ca. 1935 – 16 September 2013

Robert E. Steiner
1918 – 12 September 2013

Ingrid S. Gribbestad
01 December 1961 – 20 April 2013

George Alan Holland
25 February 1961 – 01 January 2013

Sir Paul Callaghan
A Legacy in Memory of Sir Paul Callaghan GNZM, FRS, FRSNZ
Prospectus
19 August 1947 – 24 March 2012

Manbir Singh
07 October 1945 – December 2011

Norman Ramsey
27 August 1915 – 05 November 2011

Gary Glazer
1950 – 16 October 2011

Philip Batchelor
30 December 1967 – 30 August 2011

Stefan Fischer
18 July 1963 – 28 June 2011

Christopher Sotak
1952 – 28 May 2011

H. Glenn Reynolds
1946 – 27 May 2011

Laurance D. Hall
18 March 1938 – 28 August 2009

Bill Moore
1936 – 25 March 1984
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