Jerrold Meinwald

I was a graduate student of Kurt Mislow at Princeton in the 1960s. Jerry Meinwald was one of the leading chemists in the country whose many published research papers were required reading at the time. His ability to convey complex subjects into readily understandable conclusions was a testament to his ability as a writer. He was a model for those wishing to pursue an academic career.

I worked briefly for Dr. Meinwald when I was at Cornell as a spouse of an MBA student in 1989. My duties were limited to answering the phone and typing a few letters. Boring stuff. He was very kind, very patient and also a really interesting person to talk to. When he was out on his lunch break I used to look at all of the books in his office library and was impressed by his vast range of interests. Such a good memory! Lovely person.

I think the world has lost somebody very special.
Armelle Cava

Jerry Meinwald was a prince of mentors and a
king of researchers. I owe my entire career placement to his telling me of the opening at McGill 52 years ago. I sent two of my Ph.D. students to his lab as postdocs to benefit from his expertise.

He was the perfect professor in every category.

He will be greatly missed by his students and colleagues.

Julia and family,
with sadness, I am so sorry for your loss.
Laura McCullough

As an editorial assistant at PNAS, I worked with Dr. Meinwald for 3 1/2 years - I communicated with him daily on manuscripts submitted for his consideration.
He was unfailingly considerate, polite, and kind. While some reviewers and editors can be quite harsh and disparaging of manuscripts Meinwald always kept an encouraging, thoughtful, and positive tone that I greatly admired.
Dr. Meinwald served as an Editorial Board Member for more than a decade and I know he will be missed.

He was a wonderful person to work for -- always kind and considerate, an interesting conversationalist.

The research on chemical ecology has lost an outstanding scientist, a great mentor, and a wonderful colleague. The Brazilian researchers on Natural Products thank you Professor Jerry for all you did so well for so many of us.

Dr. Meinwald mentored many of us whether he was aware of it or not! I took the Chemical Ecology course he offered with Tom Eisner in 1975 as a callow undergraduate and appreciated the energy and boundless enthusiasm of the Tom and Jerry show and the sheer joy that they derived from their intense desire to describe the world around us, to know nature's secrets. The glow of the joy that he shared with everyone will persist. May we communicate that joy and Jerry's gentle combination of wisdom...