Paul M. Bronstein

Recently thougt about our spontaneous alternation experiments. Paul was a gifted teacher and had a beautiful scientific mind. He will always be a mentor to me. Terry

I worked with Paul as a Masters Student at Brooklyn College from 1973. He was instrumental in launching my career in science to study animal behavior and the neural basis of behavior. I published 3 Papers with him as an out growth of my Masters Thesis: Bronstein PM and Crockett DP. 1976. Exposure to the odor of food determines the eating preferences of rat pups. Behav Biol 18:387-392. Bronstein, P. M., and Crockett, D. P. (1976). Maternal rations affect food preferences of weanling...

As an undergrad at Brooklyn College working in his lab, Paul was striking in jean overalls and long curly black hair. And beard. Beautiful clear blue eyes and indomitable smile. He was a great teacher who counseled me to be impactful in my writing. He was a wonderful, warm human being. Terry

Paul was such a presence during our youthful days in Oxford, Ohio. A very, very sweet man. Sorry to hear he is gone.

New Years Eve was my most recent time with Paul. He had suggested lunch, relaxation, and “lies” at Glacier Hills, where he had checked in so optimistically and rationally for care he was convinced would result in his recovery. Lunch specifically should be “Corned beef on rye, Cel-Ray ginger ale, a garlic pickle, a pot of mustard, and a large knife.” I obliged, happily. Post lunch, relaxation, and lies, we embraced—and I drove home. Afterwards, Paul wrote to me in his memorable hand a...

The world has lost a truly gentle man and amongst the most erudite colleagues with whom I have ever worked.

I had just sat down to answer the letter Paul had written to me exactly a year ago (my own life has been in turmoil) and something prompted me to check the web...I was shocked and saddened to learn that Paul had passed. I will always remember my visit to the Flint campus; Paul's hospitality and the regard in which he was held by students and colleagues alike. My sympathy to his family and friends and to all who knew him.

Paul almost single-handedly elevated the reputation of the University of Michigan-Flint Department of Psychology to first-rank status in the world of animal behavior. In the early 1980s, Paul and I were at an international ethology meeting in Toulouse, France, and I recall that more than one luminary blithely assumed that FLINT was the main campus of the University of Michigan simply because Paul was at UM-Flint.

Paul was every bit as committed to his undergraduate students as to his...

I was deeply saddened by this news which I just received today. Paul was an ever present force on the Flint Campus of U-M. As secretary to the psych dept in Flint, Paul and I had many interesting conversations and enjoyable differences of opinions on several different subjects. I will miss him.