In Memoriam, P. Michael Conn, PhD (1949–2016)

With the sudden passing of P. Michael Conn, the Endocrine Society lost one of the hardestworking scientists we have known. Michael was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, received his BS from the University of Michigan, his MS from North Carolina State University, and his PhD from Baylor College of Medicine (working in Bert O’Malley’s laboratory). Following a postdoctoral fellowship in the Dufau-Catt Laboratory at the National Institute of Child Health and Development, he joined the pharmacology department at DukeUniversity, where his scientific career blossomed. In 1984, he assumed the chairmanship of pharmacology at the University of Iowa, where his flair for administration and scientific leadership first became apparent as he built powerful basic science programs in both pharmacology and reproductive P. Michael Conn, PhD, 1949–2016.