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Don Stuss 1941-2019

Don Stuss was one of the foremost contemporary neuropsychologists, world leader in the neuroscientific study of the prefrontal cortex, and founding director of two leading neuroscience institutes (the Rotman Research Institute and the Ontario Brain Institute). Don’s science always started with clinical observations and was centered on questions central to humanity, such as how we view ourselves and others and how we successfully function in the world. In the same vein, Don brought his humanity into all of his interactions, leaving many indelible impressions throughout the world in his personal and professional networks.

The purpose of this website is for people touched by Don to share thoughts and memories as we celebrate his life and grieve his loss. To leave a comment on the page please click here. If you have any photos that you would like to share in the gallery please send them in an email to [email protected].
                                                                                                       -Brian Levine

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Ian Robertson

9/9/2019

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I met Don in Utrecht at a conference around 1994. What struck me most was his gusto – like big warm waves crashing onto a summer beach. He told me that first time I met him that he would like to head off into northern Canada on a motorbike – but he got distracted into creating the wonderful Rotman Research Institute instead. His enormous professional success with the Rotman was mirrored by a tough transition, personally speaking, from Ottawa to Toronto. He told me how he had turned down Joe Rotman at least three times before finally being persuaded to make that move which ended up benefitting our field so much. Don was proud of having been a monk and one sensed a sort of yearning in him that translated itself into his huge personal warmth and driving ambition for his science. At heart however, he was a clinical neuropsychologist – probably the best in the world – who for many years missed the very human and humane detective work that is unpicking the brain’s malfunctioning and trying to help rehabilitate it. He returned to that work late in his career. I salute a fine clinician, scientist… and human being.
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4/24/2025 12:04:24 am

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    ​Obituaries written by Don's friends and colleagues:

    American Psychologist
    Brian Levine and Gus Craik.
    Read it here


    The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
    Mick Alexander, Terry Picton & Tim Shallice

    Canadian Psychologist
    Gus Craik & Brian Levine
    Read it here. 

    Appreciation of Don in the Globe and Mail. Click here. 

    Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience in honour of Don Stuss
    Click here for details.

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