Daniel A. Goodenough

HENNIKER, NH: Daniel Adino Goodenough, Takeda Professor of Cell Biology Emeritus at the Harvard Medical School (HMS), died of stomach cancer peacefully on February 1, 2024, in hospice care, in Concord, NH, at age 79. Dan rode his bike every day to the Harvard Medical School where he taught and conducted research for 40 years (1971-2011). He was deeply committed to the teaching and counseling of medical students, for which he received numerous awards. He taught first-year Anatomy and Histology throughout his career, and in 1985, with others, combined these subjects into a course called The Human Body. This became a keystone offering in the HMS New Pathways program, which he helped to launch, wherein problem-solving, and small-group tutorials promoted self-directed learning. He also served (1985-1989, 1992-2001) as Master of the Holmes (now Hinton) Society, one of five academic societies to which entering medical students are assigned, and engaged in extensive mentoring, group facilitation, and connection....