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Biochemist, editor and Cal booster Daniel E. Koshland Jr., UC Berkeley professor, has died at 87
 Daniel Koshland, pictured in 1991 when he was named Cal Alumnus of the Year. (Robert Holmgren photo) |
BERKELEY – Eminent biochemist Daniel E. Koshland Jr., former editor of the journal Science and a tireless supporter of the biological sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, died Monday, July 23, following a massive stroke.
Koshland, a professor of the graduate school at UC Berkeley and a resident of Lafayette, Calif., was 87.
An insightful scientist known for his work on proteins and enzymes, Koshland achieved the status of scientific statesman during 10 years as editor of the nation's top scientific journal, Science, from 1985 until 1995.
"Dan Koshland was a rare bird," said friend and colleague Joseph L. Goldstein, a Nobel Laureate and professor of molecular genetics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. "His career in science was exemplified by a distinction achieved by only a handful of scientists who are held in universally high esteem by their colleagues because of their human qualities of honesty, kindness, unselfishness, originality and wisdom. And in Dan's case, there was also wit."
Editor's note: A full obituary will be posted soon on the UC Berkeley NewsCenter.