Death and Legacy
Despite the controversy over the Nobel Prize, Oldendorf was remarkably aplomb about the issue. He was supposed to have remarked
| “ | Naturally I'm disappointed; but I'll keep working and maybe one day I'll win a Nobel Prize for something else--if I live long enough. | ” |
He died unexpectedly on December 14, 1992 from the complications of heart disease. In his eulogy, L. Jolyon West (Chairman of Psychiatry at UCLA) stated,
| “ | Bill's mind was Einstein's universe, finite, but boundless. Always reaching into spheres you wouldn't imagine. | ” |
He was survived by his wife, Stella Oldendorf, three sons, and the implications of his work which are still being investigated.
In his honor, The Oldendorf Award is given annually by the American Society of Neuroimaging based on the submission of a manuscript that involves clinical research in computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, SPECT or PET scanning.
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