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Andrew Vladimir Nalbandov (1912–1986)
GENERAL
AND
COMPARATIVE
ENDOCRINOLOGY
67, 415-417 (1987)
IN MEMORIAM Andrew Vladimir Nalbandov (1912-1986)
Professor Andrew Vladimir Nalbandov, internationally recognized in the field of reproduction and endocrinology, was born in Simperfol, Russia, in 1912. He accompanied his family as they fled the political turmoil in his native country and took refuge in Western Europe in 1918. After completing his undergraduate education at the University of Munich in 1932, Professor Nalbandov emigrated to the United States. Here he obtained an M.S. at Oklahoma State University and a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. In 1940, Professor Nalbandov took his first academic position at the University of Illinois in the Department of Animal Science. He was unstinting in his service to that institution for 37 years. He retired from the University of Illinois in 1977. Professor Nalbandov’s contributions to the scientific community are many. As a researcher, he investigated the causes of sterility and embryonic mortality in pigs, the factors which intluenced estrous cycles in sheep, and the mechanisms that controlled the induction of ovulation in cattle, sheep, pigs, rabbits, and poultry.
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Professor Nalbandov’s role as a mentor and teacher is equally important. He is most appropriately identified in Who’s Who in America as an “educator.” Professor Nalbandov’s scientific career was centered on stimulating minds, counseling, and providing means for training students. He established an environment where he and his students could pursue excellence. Professor Nalbandov possessed the creative talent that allowed him to identify major questions that urgently needed an answer, and he could predict the outcome of an experiment. He was unwilling to compromise the scientific method. A poorly designed or inadequately considered experiment was certain to provoke several penetrating questions . “Why would anybody want to know the answer to that question,” was the first question often asked. Thus students recognized the need to ask intelligent questions of their experiments and were expected to be able to defend the objective and procedures. In addition to providing the mental stimulus to start a student on a project, he also provided the physical environment in the form of supplies, equipment, and animals. He did not pretend to know the details of everyday management of animal care or the details of the laboratory methods or analysis of the data. Professor Nalbandov ensured that his students had the essential and the mundane. His influence as a mentor was enormous. He guided approximately 60 Ph.D. candidates, many of whom have become leaders in research and in teaching reproductive physiology and endocrinology and in public service worldwide. Besides the direction of graduate students, a steady stream of people from various parts of the world sought his advice on research matters. Professor Nalbandov served the scientific community in many positions of responsibility as Chairman of the Reproductive Biology Study Section of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a member of the Endocrinology Study Section at NIH, Chairman of the Publications Committee of the Endocrine Society, editor of Biology of Reproduction, and corresponding editor of the Journal Reproduction and Fertility. Professor Nalbandov also served on numerous editorial boards. He help found the Society for the Study of Reproduction and served as its President. During his career, he organized many symposia and meetings including the First International Symposium on Neuroendocrinology in 1961, and the Fourth and Eighth Biennial symposia on Animal Reproduction in 1959 and 1967. In addition he also served as a consultant to the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, and many other organizations. Among Professor Nalbandov’s many services to the scientific community, he received a special commendation from the U.S. Department of State for his service as an interpreter at the World’s Poultry Congress in Kiev, USSR. Professor Nalbandov was a prolific and creative writer, publishing over 300 original manuscripts as well as editing a number of books. His contributions to science were recognized in the form of numerous coveted awards including the Funk Award for outstanding teaching in agriculture at the University of Illinois, Paschkis’ Memorial Lecturer of the Philadelphia Endocrine Society, the UpJohn Award of the American Fertility Society, the Morrison Award of the American Society of Animal Scientists, the Borden Award of the Poultry Science Association, the Carl G. Hartman Award of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, the Distinguished Leadership Award of the Endocrine Society, the prestigious F. H. A. Marshall Award of the Society for the Study of Fertility, and the
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Distinguished Service Award for the Society for the Study of Reproduction. In 1974, the Technical University of Munich, his alma mater, awarded Professor Nalbandov an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science for his outstanding accomplishments. He was also elected as Fellow to the American Society of Animal Science. As fitting honor to Andy, the Andrew V. Nalbandov Memorial Lectureship has been established at the University of Illinois through contributions made by his many friends and colleagues. JANICE M. BAI-IR Department of Animal Sciences University of Zlhois
AND
COMPARATIVE
ENDOCRINOLOGY
67, 415-417 (1987)
IN MEMORIAM Andrew Vladimir Nalbandov (1912-1986)
Professor Andrew Vladimir Nalbandov, internationally recognized in the field of reproduction and endocrinology, was born in Simperfol, Russia, in 1912. He accompanied his family as they fled the political turmoil in his native country and took refuge in Western Europe in 1918. After completing his undergraduate education at the University of Munich in 1932, Professor Nalbandov emigrated to the United States. Here he obtained an M.S. at Oklahoma State University and a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. In 1940, Professor Nalbandov took his first academic position at the University of Illinois in the Department of Animal Science. He was unstinting in his service to that institution for 37 years. He retired from the University of Illinois in 1977. Professor Nalbandov’s contributions to the scientific community are many. As a researcher, he investigated the causes of sterility and embryonic mortality in pigs, the factors which intluenced estrous cycles in sheep, and the mechanisms that controlled the induction of ovulation in cattle, sheep, pigs, rabbits, and poultry.
415 001~6480187 $1.50 Copyright Q 1987 by Academic Press, Inc. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved
416
IN MEMORIAM
Professor Nalbandov’s role as a mentor and teacher is equally important. He is most appropriately identified in Who’s Who in America as an “educator.” Professor Nalbandov’s scientific career was centered on stimulating minds, counseling, and providing means for training students. He established an environment where he and his students could pursue excellence. Professor Nalbandov possessed the creative talent that allowed him to identify major questions that urgently needed an answer, and he could predict the outcome of an experiment. He was unwilling to compromise the scientific method. A poorly designed or inadequately considered experiment was certain to provoke several penetrating questions . “Why would anybody want to know the answer to that question,” was the first question often asked. Thus students recognized the need to ask intelligent questions of their experiments and were expected to be able to defend the objective and procedures. In addition to providing the mental stimulus to start a student on a project, he also provided the physical environment in the form of supplies, equipment, and animals. He did not pretend to know the details of everyday management of animal care or the details of the laboratory methods or analysis of the data. Professor Nalbandov ensured that his students had the essential and the mundane. His influence as a mentor was enormous. He guided approximately 60 Ph.D. candidates, many of whom have become leaders in research and in teaching reproductive physiology and endocrinology and in public service worldwide. Besides the direction of graduate students, a steady stream of people from various parts of the world sought his advice on research matters. Professor Nalbandov served the scientific community in many positions of responsibility as Chairman of the Reproductive Biology Study Section of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a member of the Endocrinology Study Section at NIH, Chairman of the Publications Committee of the Endocrine Society, editor of Biology of Reproduction, and corresponding editor of the Journal Reproduction and Fertility. Professor Nalbandov also served on numerous editorial boards. He help found the Society for the Study of Reproduction and served as its President. During his career, he organized many symposia and meetings including the First International Symposium on Neuroendocrinology in 1961, and the Fourth and Eighth Biennial symposia on Animal Reproduction in 1959 and 1967. In addition he also served as a consultant to the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, and many other organizations. Among Professor Nalbandov’s many services to the scientific community, he received a special commendation from the U.S. Department of State for his service as an interpreter at the World’s Poultry Congress in Kiev, USSR. Professor Nalbandov was a prolific and creative writer, publishing over 300 original manuscripts as well as editing a number of books. His contributions to science were recognized in the form of numerous coveted awards including the Funk Award for outstanding teaching in agriculture at the University of Illinois, Paschkis’ Memorial Lecturer of the Philadelphia Endocrine Society, the UpJohn Award of the American Fertility Society, the Morrison Award of the American Society of Animal Scientists, the Borden Award of the Poultry Science Association, the Carl G. Hartman Award of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, the Distinguished Leadership Award of the Endocrine Society, the prestigious F. H. A. Marshall Award of the Society for the Study of Fertility, and the
417
IN MEMORIAM
Distinguished Service Award for the Society for the Study of Reproduction. In 1974, the Technical University of Munich, his alma mater, awarded Professor Nalbandov an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science for his outstanding accomplishments. He was also elected as Fellow to the American Society of Animal Science. As fitting honor to Andy, the Andrew V. Nalbandov Memorial Lectureship has been established at the University of Illinois through contributions made by his many friends and colleagues. JANICE M. BAI-IR Department of Animal Sciences University of Zlhois