Victor A. McKusick, 86, a key architect of the Human Genome Project and a winner of the National Medal of Science, died Tuesday of cancer, said officials at Johns Hopkins University, where McKusick was a professor of genetics.
McKusick, whose work explored the links between genetics and disease, won the top U.S. scientific prize in 2001.
McKusick in 1957 founded the Johns Hopkins Division of Medical Genetics and in 1973 became chairman of its department of medicine and physician-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He became professor of medical genetics in 1985 and remained active in that role until last year.
In 1966, McKusick published the first edition of “Mendelian Inheritance of Man,” with 1,500 entries on inherited disorders. Now the publication has grown to more than 20,000 entries.
McKusick was one of the first to propose the human genome map in 1969 and helped establish the Human Genome Project. The sequence was completed in 2001. He also helped establish the journal Genomics.
Eugene Dahl, 83, who helped found the company now known as Bobcat and served two terms as a North Dakota state lawmaker, died Wednesday, said his son, Howard.
Dahl and his four brothers-in-law developed the Melroe Manufacturing Co., now known as Bobcat, before selling it in 1970.
Dahl also served two terms in the North Dakota House of Representatives.
Larry Haines, 89, who won two Daytime Emmys for his 35-year role on the soap opera “Search for Tomorrow,” died July 17, his attorney and friend Tom Dachelet said.
Haines also had a successful career on Broadway generally billed as A. Larry Haines. He played Stu Bergman on “Search for Tomorrow” from 1951 to 1986, missing only the first two months of the show’s run.
Stu was the neighbor and best friend of Joanne Gardner Barron, later Joanne Tourneur, the character at the center of most of the show’s plot lines.
He won his Daytime Emmys in 1976 and 1981. In 1985, he was presented with a special recognition award for his longevity on the series.
Haines was twice nominated for Tonys, for the 1968 musical “Promises, Promises” and for “Generation,” a 1965 play starring Henry Fonda.
Early in his career, he was an actor on radio series, including the popular horror series “Inner Sanctum.”
