Died Ronald M. Davis

Ronald M. Davis, M.D., immediate past president of the American Medical Association and a relentless anti-tobacco advocate, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 52. 

"The healthcare community has lost an extraordinary leader," said AMA President Nancy Nielsen, M.D. "To his fellow physicians and the patients they serve, Ron's legacy as a public health advocate will not be forgotten." 

I worked with him as senior Editor of the 1992 Surgeon General Report: "Smoking in the Americas"