Richard K. Winkelmann, 88, passed away on August 16, 2012. "Wink" was a Celebrated Dermatologist at The Mayo Clinic. During his highly productive career, he authored and published over 800 scholarly articles and published 6 books. He was on the International Committee of Dermatology for 15 years. Wink received a Ph.D. in Dermatology/Pathology from the University of Minnesota in 1956, the same year he joined the Mayo Clinic staff. He was a distinguished member of the Mayo Clinic Staff from 1956 to 1994. He was the Chairman of the Department of Dermatology from 1970 to 1975. He helped found the Society of Dermapathology and was President of the organization in 1977. He also has served as president of the Society of Investigative Dermatology and many other organizations. Additionally, he held a Professorship in Dermatology and Anatomy. He is a member of 18 foreign dermatological societies including the Royal College of Physicians (London). At 65, he joined the Department of Dermatology at Mayo Clinic Arizona (Scottsdale). Retiring in 1994 to Fountain Hills, Arizona and Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, he had taken on the study of algae and served as a Research Professor, Department of Plant Biology at ASU. While spending summers in Marine on St. Croix, he became a Visiting Scientist at the St. Croix Watershed Station/Science Museum of Minnesota and worked to catalogue the algae in the St. Croix River. In 2005, Dr. Winkelmann was named as a Distinguished Alumnus of the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. Wink is survived by his wife, Anne, four children and four grandchildren.