Jay Lyman Bishop, 84, passed away on December 10, 2016. Jay graduated from the University of Utah, earning a Bachelor's in Chemistry with a Minor in Math. During college, he simultaneously taught university courses and was also a Championship Wrestler on the University team. He was drafted into the U.S. Army, at which time he contracted Rheumatic Fever. He served in a special program for scientists. In 1962, he earned a PhD in Organic Chemistry with a Minor in Physics at his Alma Mater. Jay experienced a wide variety of interests including: being a Chemistry Professor at ASU, creating new anti-cancer agents, traveling as a guest Science lecturer, refining precious metals, developing alcohol fuel, speaking at the Pentagon, and decomposing bombs at U.S. Government Proving Grounds. Jay's posterity includes: nine children, 30 grandchildren, and 42 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Geneil, a daughter, son, two grandsons and a sister.