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CCB mourns the loss of Yoshito Kishi, Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, who passed away on January 9 at the age of 85.

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The Harvard Gazette obituary is copied below:

He was a towering figure in organic chemistry renowned for his syntheses of complex natural products and impact on the development of halichondrin, paving the way for the creation of powerful cancer therapies. But in addition Yoshito Kishi, who died earlier this month at the age of 86, will be warmly remembered by colleagues and students as a devoted mentor who was wise and generous with his advice on research and careers.

“Kishi was a primary force in the modern era of synthetic organic chemistry, having the type of transformative effect seen by R.B. Woodward and E.J. Corey in earlier eras,” said Stuart Schreiber, Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, the department in which Kishi worked for nearly 50 years. “His pioneeri FAS Memorial Minute for Yoshito Kishi, 85 - Chemistry VAJO