In Memoriam: Randall K. Cole

Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Fall 2006

Randall K. Cole, PhD (Cornell University), professor emeritus, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Cornell University, passed away January 26, 2006, at the age of ninety-three. Dr. Cole retired in 1973 after following a lifelong interest in poultry anatomy and genetics. His strains of chickens with resistance or susceptibility to Marek's disease and with immune-mediated thyroiditis and obesity were invaluable tools for other researchers studying animal and human diseases around the world.