Daniel E. Koshland Jr. Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley,  Former Editor-in-chief of Science, Dead at 87. (July 25, 2007)

Credit: University of California, Berkeley

    Daniel Koshland was editor-in-chief of Science from 1985 to 1995.

The journal lists his contributions to Science as: "He overhauled the peer-review process, establishing a Board of Reviewing Editors; oversaw the internationalization of the journal with the launch of an office in Europe and news bureaus around the world; and increased the number of top-quality papers in the physical sciences. 'He had an unmatched talent for recognizing quality,' says Executive Editor Monica Bradford," while current editor -in-chief, Donald Kennedy says: "As a grateful successor, I find traces of Dan's thoughtful influence everywhere at Science. It is difficult to lose a hero and a friend in the same person."

Professor Koshland, a protein chemist, became a member of the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley in 1965 and made fundamental contributions to the understanding that proteins change shape as they interact with other molecules--the "induced fit" theory. It changed the way scientists perceived a range of processes, from the catalytic power of enzymes to the action of hormones.

Over the years he developed the character of Dr. Noitall whom Science interviewed in the editorials the editor-in-chief contributed on a number of occasions for the great enjoyment of the journal's subscribers.

Five years after Professor Koshland's retirement from being Science's EiC he contributed one last editorial.