Samar Kumar Kundu

Our beloved husband and father Samar Kumar Kundu passed away on October 7, 2022, in Libertyville IL. He was born August 7, 1942, to Sushil Das Kundu and Suprava Das Kundu.

Samar had a deep love for his family and his work. Samar was the beloved husband to his wife of 57 years, Amita Kundu, beloved father to his children Jayeeta (Indranil) Mukherjee and Shilajit (Roopal) Kundu, a deeply loved grandfather/Dadu to his grandchildren Rohan, Nalin, Kiran, Nayana, and Nadiya, and a wonderful dog dad to Oscar.

A visitation will be held Sunday, October 9, 2022, from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm at Strang Funeral Chapel, 410 E. Belvidere Road, Grayslake, IL 60030. Visitation will end promptly at 1 pm. For more information, please call (847) 223-8122 or visit www.StrangFuneral.org.

Samar Kumar Kundu, Ph.D., D.Sc., was born in South Calcutta on August 7, 1942. The second son of his parents, and one of six children to Sushil and Suprava Kundu, he grew up a dedicated and bright student. After graduation from high school, Samar wanted to study science. He was admitted to Asutosh College in 1956 for an Intermediate of Science (I.Sc) and graduated in 1958. He excelled in Chemistry and decided to pursue a career and entered the Surendra Nath College in North Kolkata. He went on to the University Science College for M.Sc in Organic Chemistry and received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and D.Sc. in Bio-organic Chemistry from Calcutta University.

Over his 45-year career in research and development, he served as a lead and senior scientist, publishing over 65 scientific papers in international journals and books. He was credited with 15 US patents and 25 International patents. He has given numerous lectures in the United States and Internationally. His academic career started at the University of Calcutta as a Reader in Chemistry. After immigration to the US, he served as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Biochemistry and Immunology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, then as an Assistant Professor in Biochemistry and Experimental Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Samar then began his corporate career in Industrial Research and Development in the Diagnostic Division of the Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois as a Senior Scientist, and later he was inducted into the prestigious Volwiler Society as a Fellow in 1998. During his tenure at Abbott, he was an editor for the National Institute of Health (NIH) Cholesterol Management Program, Consultant to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Immunodiagnostics, Visiting Professor at the Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, and Visiting Advisor for WHO at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. Samar was recognized in WHO'S WHO in Marquis Frontier's in Science and Technology and in Men of Achievement, UK. After a 20-plus year career at Abbott Laboratories, Samar became the Chief Scientist at Sword Diagnostics in 2006, a cutting-edge life sciences company created in response to the rapidly evolving needs of the research and pharmaceutical communities.