Mabel R. Hokin dies

Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry Mabel R. Hokin died Aug. 17. An internationally recognized biochemist, Hokin was most well-known for her discovery, along with Lowell Hokin, of receptor-stimulated lipid turnover in the 1950s, which led to the understanding of how hormones and neurotransmitters produce cell responses. She was also an early proponent of the biochemical basis of mental illness.

Donations in her honor may be made to the Catherine Ester Hokin Memorial Scholarship Fund, in care of the Madison Community Foundation, 2 Science Court, Madison, WI 53711.