Associate editor's note: In 2013, with the deaths of the two Majors brothers, the world of medical librarianship lost two of its illustrious partners from the book industry. These remarkable individuals were honored in 1998 by the Medical Library Association (MLA) with Life Memberships, the highest honor awarded to nonlibrarians. The obituaries that follow were written by two of their longtime colleagues from the University of North Texas Health Science Center.