Lou Berneman, Osage University Partners, celebrates the end of an era in academic technology transfer.

As many academic institutions begin a new fiscal year, let us take a moment to celebrate the end of an era in academic technology transfer. The long and distinguished careers of tech transfer luminaries have come to an end as they retire or transition to less demanding positions.

In the past year or so, individuals who personified professionalism and influenced tech transfer to become a career have or soon will move on, including David Day (University of Florida), Kathleen Denis…