Dr. Edwin Warren Ruark, Ph.D., passed away on September 21, 2023 at his home surrounded by the love of family after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 82.
Edwin was born April 11, 1941 in Deltaville, Virginia. He attended Middlesex County Public Schools and went on to receive his Bachelor of Science degree from Lynchburg College in 1963, and his Masters of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Biochemistry and Nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1966 and 1970 respectively. He did post graduate studies at the Medical College of Virginia in Clinical Pharmacology.
After graduation, Edwin became the Director of Physicians Clinical Laboratory in Richmond, Virginia. The business was sold in 1978 and he moved back to his hometown to open Ruark & Associates Ltd., a real estate company that he still operated until his death.
