Daniel Koshland Editor in Chief of Science 1985 to 1995 Creator of Dr Noitall

While in the midst of recasting biological science at the University of California, Berkeley, Professor Daniel Koshland was offered the editor-in-chief's position at the scientific weekly journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science, which, according to Joseph Goldstein, the 1985 Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology was "a good, but stodgy, journal."

During his decade's stewardship Daniel Koshland transformed Science into the primary voice of science in the United States ‒ which it has continued to be during the tenures of his successors in the position.

As a result, Science is a significant influence on public policy.

While editor in chief, Professor Koshland contributed on average some twenty editorials per year, and beginning in 1989, he wrote nearly thirty which involved the hyper-egotistical Dr Noitall as his foil.

A pungent example written for the March 23, 1990 issue of Science is a prime example and seems as pertinent today as when it was written almost a quarter of a century ago.

Alex Reisner
Editor, The Funneled Web