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Raymond Ruddon, M.D., Ph.D., the fifth director of the Eppley Institute and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (formerly the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center), passed away on April 26 in Michigan.<\/p>\n


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\n<\/TABLE>From July 1990 to August 1997, Dr. Ruddon was the director of the Eppley Institute and the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center (now the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center). Dr. Ruddon was a professor emeritus in the Department of Pharmacology in the University of Michigan School of Medicine at the time of his death. <\/p>\n

“Dr. Ruddon’s vision for the future of the Eppley Institute and Cancer Center led to the recruitment of several long-time faculty members who have had extremely successful careers and contributed significantly to the field of cancer research,” said Kenneth Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Eppley Institute and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. “He also served on several university-wide committees and was a valued asset to the university system.”<\/p>\n

“Dr. Ray Ruddon recruited great cancer researchers to the Eppley Institute,” said Oksana Lockridge, Ph.D., professor in the Eppley Institute. “Thirty years ago he could see that Tony Hollingsworth and Robert Lewis would be stars. Both scientists have been honored with the Scientist Laureate award by UNMC.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Ruddon earned a B.S. degree in chemistry, summa cum laude<\/i>, from the University of Detroit. He had a Ph.D. in pharmacology and a M.D. from the University of Michigan. He authored more than 100 scientific papers and five books. One of these, “Cancer Biology,” now in its fourth edition, is a widely used text in the field of oncology. He was also co-editor of the classic textbook in pharmacology, “Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics.” After leaving the Eppley Institute, Dr. Ruddon was named a corporate vice president for science and technology at Johnson & Johnson.<\/p>\n

A memorial reception for Dr. Ruddon will be held on Saturday, May 11, from 3-5 p.m. in the Hussey Room at the Michigan League, 911 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich. <\/p>\n

Dr. Ruddon was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Lynne, in 2017. He is survived by three daughters and five grandchildren.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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