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Stony Brook professor Lawrence Slobodkin dies at 81

Lawrence B. Slobodkin, founding chairman of Stony Brook University's Department of Ecology and Evolution and a key figure in the field's development as a modern science, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 81.

The Old Field resident was remembered this week as a trailblazing scientist, a quirky and inspirational professor, and an admired friend known for his quick humor and deep engagement...

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