Holcomb B. Noble

Holcomb B. Noble—Hoc, to all who knew him—was a distinguished journalist. As science and health editor for the New York Times, he shared in two Pulitzer prizes—one on Star Wars, the other on the space shuttle Challenger. He authored dozens of other stories, including many on Lyme disease. In addition, he wrote obituaries of such notables as C. Everett Koop, Milton Friedman and John Kenneth Galbraith, often after having interviewed them in person. He also authored Next, the Coming Era in Medicine and Cheney’s War Crimes: The Reign of a De Facto President.