Joseph De Koninck

I first met Don Stuss when he was a masters-PhD student at the University of Ottawa and I was a new professor. He was working with T. Picton and R. Broughton on evoked potentials and sleep. I remember meeting him in the corridor accompanied by Ken Campbell. When I asked how their theses were progressing, they enthusiastically replied: We just discovered how the brain works!
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I followed his career at U of Ottawa particularly in meetings of the sleep research community, but also as Chair of Psychology. On every occasion, he transmitted exceptional enthusiasm about research and clinical work. He contributed significantly to the development of our multidisciplinary collaborative program in Neuroscience. It was a major disappointment when he announced that he was moving to Toronto. We actually never fully recovered from this loss.