In Memoriam: Syed Saiduddin, DVM, MS, PhD

Dr. Syed Saiduddin passed away on November 10, 2022, at the age of 83. Dr. Saiduddin earned his veterinary degree in India at the Andhra Veterinary College. He worked for the Indian Department of Animal Husbandry before applying to the University of Nevada, Reno, where he completed a Master of Science degree in 1964. He then completed a PhD program at the University of Wisconsin in 1968, studying under Dr. L.E. Casida, followed by post-doctoral studies at Tufts University under Dr. E.B. Astwood. He joined the faculty of the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology at The Ohio State University in 1971 as an instructor where he continued research in the areas of endocrinology and reproductive physiology and taught reproductive physiology at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. He was very active in professional societies, university governance, graduate education, and mentoring students and junior faculty during his 34 years of service before he retired in 2006 as a Professor Emeritus.