Korsmeyer published over 250 scientific papers, 23 of which had been cited over 500 times at the time of his death. Forty of his postdoctoral fellows went on to hold faculty positions of their own. Korsmeyer was elected to the National Academy of Sciences at the age of 45, as well as to the National Institute of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Korsmeyer received many awards for his research, including a Bristol-Myers Squibb Award, the Charles S. Mott Prize, the Pezcoller Foundation-American Association for Cancer Research International Prize, and the American Society of Hematology's Stratton Medal. He received the first American Society for Clinical Investigation ASCI Award, renamed the Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award in his honor in 2006. That same year Washington University School of Medicine established the annual Stanley J. Korsmeyer Memorial Lecture, which brings a renowned cell biologist to the school to speak each year. In remembrance of Korsmeyer, colleague Robert Horvitz said, "He was everybody's hero—as a scientist and as a human being. His contributions were truly major and pioneering, and they revolutionized the field." Personal life During his residency in San Francisco, Korsmeyer met and married oncology nurse Susan Reynard. They had two sons together. He was an avid sailor and fisherman throughout his life. Korsmeyer was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2004. Despite his illness, he continued to work in the laboratory until the end of his life. He died on March 31, 2005, from lung cancer in Boston, Massachusetts. References 1950 births 2005 deaths American oncologists Deaths from lung cancer in Massachusetts Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard Medical School faculty Members of the American Philosophical Society Members of the National Academy of Medicine Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences People from Beardstown, Illinois Physicians from Illinois University of Illinois Chicago alumni Washington University in St. Louis faculty