The Society of Toxicology (SOT) has learned of the passing of Emmanuel Farber on August 3, 2014. Dr. Farber joined SOT in 1985 and was a member of the Carcinogenesis, Comparative and Veterinary, Toxicologic and Exploratory Pathology, and Stem Cell Specialty Sections, and the Southeastern Regional Chapter. Dr. Farber served on the first of the US Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health (1961‒1964) that issued the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report about the risk of smoking to public health. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto in 1942. In addition, he received a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. He returned to the University of Toronto in 1975 and served as a professor and chairman of the Department of Pathology and professor in the in the Department of Biochemistry. He remained at this academic institution for the remainder of his distinguished career.