Reminiscences of Manmohan Manohar Laloraya: A Great Friend to Many, and A Visionary Leader

By : Govindjee Govindjee, Durga Prasad Tiwari, Raghuveer Raj Prasad, Harbans Kaur Kehri, Aishwarya Narain, Daya Prakash Sinha, Sushma Naithani

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Abstract
Dr. Manmohan Manohar Laloraya (September 1, 1932- February 18, 2023) was an outstanding teacher, researcher and administrator who mentored many scholars who themselves became leaders. He was gifted with a brilliant mind and unique research career, working with both plants and animals. He had received numerous awards and honours in his lifetime including the distinguished plant physiologist award in 1995, and being the Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. We present below his brief biography, which is followed by his extraordinary research contributions on both plants and animals. We end this “In memoriam” with personal reminiscences of some of his class fellows, research collaborators, and life-long friends, and a 1958 group photograph with many at a conference.

Authors :
Govindjee Govindjee : Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Durga Prasad Tiwari : Department of Botany, Government Science College, Jabalpur, MP, India
Raghuveer Raj Prasad : Pacific Forest Research Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Harbans Kaur Kehri : Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, UP, India
Aishwarya Narain : I-204, Sector-1, SunCity, S. P. Ring Road, South Bopal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Daya Prakash Sinha : B-255, Sector 26, Noida, UP, India
Sushma Naithani : Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2023.39.02.2