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Two Former Cornell Professors Pass Away

February 18, 2008 - 12:00am
By Sun Staff

Ray J. Wu

Prof. Ray J. Wu, molecular biology and genetics, passed away on Feb. 10 in Ithaca due to cardiac arrest. He was 79. In 1970, Wu established the first method for sequencing DNA and laid the groundwork for DNA cloning that has gone on to help scientists unravel the DNA sequence determination of rice and human genomes.

Born in China and raised in the U.S., Wu served as a scientific advisor to the governments of both China and Taiwan, while also counseling U.S.-relations in the areas of biological science and evolution.