People of ASP

Lynn R. Brady received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Nebraska. He then moved to the University of Washington, following his advisor, Varro Tyler, and completed his Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy in 1959. He was a founding member of the ASP and served as its 11th President. Although he was a native of Nebraska, he spent most of his professional life at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. He made full professor in 1966, and continued to move up the ranks, serving as Director of the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Dean for Academic and Student Programs. His scholarship and scientific credentials have been internationally recognized, as was his service to his profession. Lynn served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Society for more than twenty years. He never missed an Annual Meeting of the ASP, at which he always found time to help roast the outgoing President. For many years, he provided the wood from which the gavel of each retiring president was made. This wood was from the Cascara sagrada tree, and was native to Lynn’s area of the Pacific Northwest. Lynn’s research interests were in the area of secondary metabolites of higher fungi, and his research led to the publication of nearly one hundred scientific papers. He also served as a co-editor (with Varro Tyler and Jim Robbers) of the standard American textbook Pharmacognosy for the 7th – 9th editions. In 1991, he was made an Honorary Member of the ASP. Among his many other honors, the he was recognized by the establishment of the Lynn R. Brady Endowed Scholarship Fund at the University of Washington and the ASP established the Lynn Brady Student Travel Award for graduate students to help with the cost of travel to the annual ASP meeting. (Dave Carew)