William Thomas Northey, Jr., 84, passed away December 27, 2012. William joined the Naval Reserves and entered the University of Minnesota, Duluth Branch. He graduated with a B.S, degree and later moved to Waukegan, Illinois and worked as a civilian employee at Great Lakes Naval Station - 1950-1954. In January of 1955, William entered the graduate program at the University of Kansas and earned his Ph.D in 1959. This was followed immediately by a professorship at ASU where he taught for the next 25 years. In addition to teaching Microbiology and Immunology, Dr. Northey enhanced the university Science Department by obtaining numerous grants for research projects, fellowships, etc., as well as for acquiring the university's first electron microscope. Also notable during his university tenure was his development of Coccidioidin, the first diagnostic skin test for the condition known as Valley Fever. During this same period he developed and perfected scorpion anti-venom. Then, in his spare time, he produced the serum and distributed it to local hospitals at no charge, a philanthropic endeavor that saved dozens of lives. As founder of Bioproducts Research Laboratories (later Iatric Corp.), Dr. Northey and his team of researchers developed a replacement for the "scratch test", at that time the only method of determining a patient's allergy sensitivities. After retirement from university life, Dr. Northey continued his work in the field of Microbiology by acting as a consultant for various corporations and laboratories. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters. He is survived by his six children, from his first marriage to Betty, his wife Margaret Esparza Northey and their daughter, six grand children and two great-grand children.