1. Knighted For extrordinary contributions to epidemiology and medicine Dr. Richard Doll was knighted “Sir Richard” in 1971.

2. Warden and Founder Green College, Oxford 1979-1983

3. Green College Sir Richard Doll circa 1979 Students in the Garden, Green College

4. Tribute to Sir Richard Doll by his students at Green College, Oxford upon the Christening of the “Sir Richard Doll” eight-man crew boat Declan Hill, student at Green College, University of Oxford, 3 February 2005 The Christening of the Sir Richard Doll

5. Green College 25th Anniversary Celebration in June 2005 (Photo courtesy of Jeff Burley)

6. (Photo courtesy of Andrew Markus) Sir Richard at Green College 25th Anniversary Celebration in June 2005

7. Sir Richard at Green College 25th Anniversary Celebration in June 2005 (Photo courtesy of Andrew Markus)

8. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Burley) Green College 25th Anniversary Celebration in June 2005

9. Final Tribute: The Richard Doll Building Professor Sir Richard Doll at the topping-out ceremony of the Richard Doll Building in March 2004. Credit: HGB Construction.

10. “He will be greatly missed by his colleagues at Oxford and all around the world, for whom he was an inspiring leader and a wonderful friend.” Professor Colin Blakemore Medical Research Council (MRC) Chief Executive The University will officially open the Richard Doll Building later this year, bringing together the Clinical Trial Service Unit, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, and other units.

11. Sir Richard Doll 1912: Born in Hampton, England, on 28 Oct 1937: Graduated from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London 1939-45: Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps 1946: Started work, Medical Research Council 1950: Co-authored a paper suggesting smoking causes lung cancer 1954: Co-authored a paper confirming the link between smoking and lung cancer 1956: Awarded an OBE

12. Sir Richard Doll 1961: Appointed director of the MRC Statistical Research Unit 1969: Appointed Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University 1970-71: Served as vice-president of the Royal Society 1971: Received a knighthood 1996: Made a Companion of Honour for services of national importance July 2005: Dies after a short illness aged 92

13. Contributors Sean P David, MD, SM Jeffrey Stumpff