As a molecular oncologist, Stan worked out the role of BCL2 in lymphoma development while he was at Washington University in St. Louis in the 1980's. He then moved on to the Dana Farber, where he was the Director of the Molecular Oncology Department. He passed away at the age of 54 in 2005. RIP, Stan. Stan started his career as a member of a local 4H club, growing up on a dairy farm, in a small town in Illinois. Stan was one of the most generous and friendly of all people I have known.
Obit of Dr. Korsmeyer, in Cell Death and Differentiation: