Letter to the Editor
Francis Theodore Haxo (March 9, 1921–June 10, 2010): Innovator, Dedicated Biologist, and Grand Master of the Carotenoids in Marine Organisms

By : Govindjee Govindjee , Anitra Thorhaug

Page No: 449-454

Abstract
Francis Haxo has been known to us as a thoughtful, patient, and dedicated scientist of the highest order. As a genuine scholar, he meticulously mulled over ideas for years before publishing his research. One of us (GG) knew him through three other friends: Barbara B. Prézelin, 1948-2021; David (Dave) C. Fork, 1929-2020; Beatrice (Beazy) M. Sweeney, 1914-1989; additionally, Anitra Thorhaug (AT) knew him as she was the last student of Larry Blinks, with whom Haxo had worked with. Francis Haxo was generous to his students, but he took a long time to finalize and submit their papers—to ensure that all was well. We provide here a glimpse of his research after a brief note on his personal life—remembering him more than a decade after his death. He was an unsung hero and he deserves to be remembered by algal, marine, and plant biologists throughout the world. A thorough and detailed memorial to Francis Haxo and his research, will soon be published by Anitra Thorhaug, Graeme Berlyn, and Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen (2023).

Authors :
Govindjee Govindjee : Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center of Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Anitra Thorhaug : Greater Caribbean Energy and Environment Foundation, 1359 SW 22 Terrace, Suite 1 Miami, Fl, USA. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2022.38.02.1