In
memoriam --
It is with great
difficulty that I note the passing of my dear friend
Dr. Jack Cazes, Visiting Scholar and Adjunct
Professor of Chemistry at Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, Florida. And what a friend!
Sure, he was known
to the scientific world as the “Guru of Modern
Chromatography”– but few in science loved him like I
did. Think gel permeation chromatography and you
can’t help but think of Jack. All of those wonderful
journals published for years by Marcel Dekker –
Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related
Technologies, Instrumentation Sciences & Technology,
Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Journal of
Immunoassay and Immunochemistry - all of them were
hand stamped and overseen by Jack. A need, a favor,
a request – he was the man, he was the one person in
the scientific community who would consistently
deliver. When Taylor & Francis took on the role of
continuing the Chromatographic Science series it was
Jack who made the transition seamless. For you see,
while family was important to him, he recognized
that science and love of nature came first. Ask his
colleagues, his students and his peers in the
scientific community. Although few of us would ever
consider Jack to be a peer – he was something else.
And for the pièce
de rèsistance there were
his ultimate loves – The JLC and of course, The
Encyclopedia of Chromatography. This comprehensive
masterpiece, now in its third edition, has become
the standard reference text used globally in the
field of separation sciences. This treatise
assembles the leading figures in the field to create
an up to date and much cited reference dispensing
“state of the art” knowledge. Each edition takes at
least three years to write, assemble, edit and
print. And Jack, during his period of “retirement”
was on top of it all.
My relationship
with Jack lasted for more than 40 years. I was
friendly with him socially, and I sought his opinion
for much more than scientific endeavors. He was a
mensch, a man with a heart of gold and a love of
life. His mind never stopped working and his passion
and devotion for the Pittsburgh Conference Meetings
was undeniable. The hallways echoed with emptiness
this year for me and for a vast majority of
scientific professionals with the absence of this
larger-than life "Icon from PITTCON."
An international
symposium is being quickly arranged in his honor
which shall be scheduled for early this spring in
Connecticut, and I am honored to be asked as both a
participant and a speaker. Furthermore, to the best
of my ability I will continue with the scientific
challenges which Jack laid out for me some 4 decades
ago.
I will miss you.
Dr. Mark Moskovitz
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