Dr. Stan Braude OBITUARY

Dr. Stan Braude, PhD, of Clayton, MO, passed away June 1 after a brief illness. Stan was the devoted son of Greta Heiman and the late Jerold S. Braude, stepson of the late Jack Heiman, beloved husband of Dr. Nancy Berg, a loving father, brother, son-in-law, brother-in-law, uncle and friend.

World-renowned as the foremost expert on naked mole-rat ecology, evolution and behavior, Stan was an exceptionally popular teaching professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Stan loved camping, carpentry, and furniture making. He was a certified EMT, wilderness medicine educator, and certified arborist. As the first Curator of Washington University’s arboretum, he delighted in exploring (sometimes culinarily useful) local flora and fauna. The Arboretum was awarded the Morton Arboretum Level II certification during Stan’s tenure.

Stan received multiple national awards for teaching, including the 2004 College Biology Teacher of the Year award from the National Association of Biology Teachers and the 2011 Distinguished Teacher Award from the Animal Behavior Society. Locally, Braude was honored with the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award in 2022 and the Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award in 2019. Stan adored his wife, children, sister, extended family, each of his many dogs and even the cat.

Services were held in St. Louis. Memorial contributions to The Ark (arkchicago.org), the Illinois Holocaust Museum (ilholocuastmuseum.org), or a charity of your choice.