Abstract
Obituary: One of the pioneers of clinical and experimental cytogenetics, Werner Schmid, passed away just shortly prior to his 72nd birthday. Together with Charles Ford, Marco Fraccaro, Harold Klinger, Jérôme Lejeune, Jan Lindsten, Margareta Mikkelsen, Ulrich Wolf, and others he was one of the ‘founding fathers’ of modern-day cytogenetics, and he also was one of the founders of this Journal.