Friends and colleagues will gather on the UC Berkeley campus to celebrate the extraordinary life of Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. at a memorial to be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16 in Zellerbach Hall.  Doors will open at 3:30 p.m.

Prior to the memorial service, an academic symposium entitled "Induced Fit: The Science and Wit of Daniel E. Koshland, Jr." will be held from 12 to 3 p.m. in Stanley Hall. Those planning to attend the symposium and service are asked to register online.

Koshland was a longtime professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley and a former editor of the journal Science. He  died on July 23 at the age of 87. 

Donations in Koshland's memory can be made to the Marian Koshland Science Museum, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20001, or to the UC Berkeley Foundation, Attention: Vice Chancellor-University Relations, 2080 Addison Street, #4200, Berkeley, CA 94720-4200.

For more about Daniel Koshland's life and information about the tributes, read the NewsCenter story.