The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The Ohio State University would like to express its deepest condolences on the passing of Dr. George Austin Marzluf, a respected Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, who passed away on May 4^th, 2017.

Professor Marzluf pursued a lifelong dedication to science, first receiving his B.S. degree in 1957 from The Ohio State University and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1965. Dr. Marzluf then went on to work as a pre-doctoral fellow for the Public Health Service and spent his post-doctoral training with Prof. Robert Metzenberg at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In the follow years, he would also join the faculty in the Biology Department at Marquette University.

In 1970, Dr. Marzluf returned to The Ohio State University’s Department of Biochemistry where he began a singular research program, The Ohio State Biochemistry Program, which would continue on for the next four decades, all the while bringing in strong sources of outside funding. He was both a gifted researcher and mentor for over 36 graduate students, including 14 PhDs. Professor Marzluf’s prolific research career and accomplishments were widely recognized by many. He was awarded not the NIH Career Development Award, but also The Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award in 2000. This competitive award is the highest recognition given to a senior faculty member who has exhibited an aptitude for exceptional scholarly achievements.

Based on this outstanding track record, Dr. Marzluf served as the Chair of the Legacy Department of Biochemistry between the years 1986 and 2000. He was known for being extremely well organized, challenging, and highly effective by everyone who knew him, colleagues and students alike. Dr. Marzluf also dedicated himself to a number of other projects, serving as a member of the University Senate, the Senate Rules Committee, the Faculty Council, the Distinguished Scholar Awards Committee, the Legacy College of Biological Sciences Curriculum Committee, and the Promotion and Tenure Committees at both the Department and College levels. After 35 years of commitment to our department, Professor Marzluf retired in 2005. In the following decade, he continued teaching, publishing, and pursuing his other lifelong passion of fly fishing. Dr. George Marzluf will be missed by all and once again we hope to convey our sympathies to his family and friends.