Bernard Roizman

Bernard Roizman
Born(1929-04-17)April 17, 1929
Chișinău, Romania
DiedApril 13, 2026(2026-04-13) (aged 96)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsVirology, Herpes Simplex
Doctoral students

Bernard Roizman (April 17, 1929 – April 13, 2026) was an American scientist. He was the Joseph Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Virology in the Department of Microbiology and Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago.[1]

Early life and education

Roizman was born in Chișinău, Kingdom of Romania, in 1929. As he later recalled, his early life was "shaped by World War II"[2] and the hardships his family endured as war refugees after being displaced in 1941 by the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The family eventually made their way to the United States in 1948, where they settled in Philadelphia.[2] Roizman received a scholarship to attend a Pennsylvanian college and enrolled at Temple University, from which he received his bachelor's and master's degrees. He subsequently attended the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, where he received his Sc.D. in 1956.[1][2]

Academic career and research

Roizman joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins after graduation, and later spent a year as a visiting scientist at the Institut Pasteur in Paris.[2] When he returned to the United States he joined the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1965.[1][2] He served as department chair from 1985 to 1988.[3] He was one of several prominent virologists involved in the founding of the American Society for Virology and organized a key meeting in Chicago that led to the society's establishment.[4]

Roizman's research interests focused on the herpes simplex virus, particularly on regulation of viral genes and on the use of site-specific mutagenesis to study viral gene function.[2][3] In 1999 he was involved in an inventorship dispute with a member of his research group, whose lawsuit was ultimately successful.[5][6]: 25–6 .

Personal life and death

Roizman's wife Betty was a legal librarian; they married in 1950. He had a son, Arthur. Roizman died in Chicago on April 13, 2026, at the age of 96.[7][8]

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Bernard Roizman". The University of Chicago. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roizman, Bernard (November 9, 2015). "The Maturation of a Scientist: An Autobiography". Annual Review of Virology. 2 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1146/annurev-virology-100114-054829. PMID 26958904.
  3. 1 2 "Bernard Roizman, ScD". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Joklik WK, Grossberg SE (2006). "How the American Society for Virology was founded". Virology. 344 (1): 250–7. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2005.09.022. PMID 16364755.
  5. ↑ Grimshaw, Kyle (2001). "A Victory for the Student Researcher: Chou v. University of Chicago". Duke Law & Technology Review. 1 (1): 1–7.
  6. ↑ Herrington, TyAnna K. (2010). Intellectual property on campus : students' rights and responsibilities. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 9780809385843.
  7. ↑ "Bernard Roizman, ScD, pioneering virologist, 1929–2026 | Biological Sciences Division | The University of Chicago". biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu. April 20, 2026. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
  8. ↑ Longman, Jeré (June 4, 2026). "Bernard Roizman, Virologist Who Demystified Herpes, Dies at 96". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Bristol-Myers Squibb Freedom to Discover Grants and Awards Fact Sheet" (PDF). Bristol-Myers Squibb. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching". UChicago.
  11. ↑ "Bernard Roizman". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017.
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