David R. Pepperberg, age 73, of Chicago, died on September 2 from complications of metastatic melanoma. He was the beloved and adored husband of Audrey Eisenmann, son of the late Rosalind and Louis E. Pepperberg, loving brother of Ellen Pepperberg Millman and her husband Joel Millman and caring brother-in-law of Geoff and Adrienne Eisenmann.
David had been a Vision Neuroscientist at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1983. He was the Searls-Schenk Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. He continued to work more than full time until August 10, 2018, while bravely living with cancer for three years.
In a research career that spanned more than 40 years, David made many seminal contributions to vision science and ophthalmology. Archived in nearly 100 elegantly written journal articles, his work advanced our understanding of how the eye turns light into neural signals, how diseases affect vision, and how the damage of eye disease might be repaired. His impeccable approach to science lives on in the many students and collaborators with whom he worked so passionately.
David's character, kindness and intellect will be missed by all who knew him.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations would be greatly appreciated to “University of Illinois Foundation, Department of Ophthalmology-Pepperberg Gift” addressed to Mark Rosenblatt,MD, PhD 1855 W. Taylor St. Room 3.138, Chicago, Il 60612 or to Greater Chicago Food Depository P.O. Box 74008557, Chicago, Illinois 60674-8557
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