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BIDDEFORD, Maine

In Memoriam: Professor Peter Morgane, Ph.D.

It is with great sadness that I note the loss of our University of New England colleague and friend, Peter Morgane, Ph.D.,who died this afternoon following a brief illness. 

Dr. Morgane was an accomplished researcher and professor of pharmacology at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.  He was also a man of great vision and generosity.  He joined the university in 1985, and dedicated his entire career to advancing the body of biomedical research knowledge, and sharing his research passion with others.  Dr. Morgane was widely respected for his research on the limbic system, sleep physiology, and neural regulation of energy balance, and published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles in his lifetime.

We mourn the loss of our dear friend, but know that Peter's legacy of scientific discovery will live on at the University of New England.  Dr. Morgane has been one of the University's greatest supporters.  The newest academic building on UNE's Biddeford Campus, Peter and Cécile Morgane Hall, is named in his honor.  In addition, Dr. Morgane planted the seeds for future generations of researchers through his establishment of the Cécile Morgane Research Laboratories at the Pickus Center for Biomedical Research.

He will be greatly missed.

Danielle N. Ripich, Ph.D.
President

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