Born: 30 June 1934; Died: 13 June 2023Born on a farm near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota on the night of the Long Knives, heraldingthe rise of Hitler to power in Germany.
Married to Susan J Matson for 57 years (22 June 1957), and had three daughters.
Preceded in death by his mother, Mabel Eleanor Christensen (5 February 1900 – 25
December 1982 ) and father Arthur August Edward Meinert (25 January 1899 – 8 September
1976) and siblings Maynard Jerome (2 February 1925 – 12 November 1929), Bonnie Lou (30
July 1929 – 19 September 1975), Carol June (28 June 1936 – 7 December 1999), Susan J Meinert
(01 March 1934 – 20 Feb 2015) and Gerald Dean (10 June 1938 – 17 February 2023).
Graduated from the University of Minnesota with Bachelors of Arts in Psychology in
1956 and PhD in biostatistics 1964.
Most of his career was devoted to design and conduct of multicenter clinical trials.
Noteworthy writings include editorship for first issue of Controlled Clinical Trials (Elsevier
Publishing). Editor 1978 – 1993 (now Clinical Trials, published by Sage).
Textbook Oxford Univ Press (1st and 2nd edition)
Dictionary 1st and 2nd ed
Principles and Practice of Clinical Trials; a collection of 125 papers published by Springer edited
by Steven Piantadosi and Curtis Meinert (2023)
1. Meinert CL, Tonascia S: Clinical Trials: Design, Conduct, and Analysis. Oxford
University Press, New York, 1986.
2. Meinert CL: Clinical Trials Dictionary: Terminology and Usage Recommendations.
Center for Clinical Trials, Baltimore, 1996.
3. Meinert CL: Clinical Trials, Design, Conduct and Analysis, Second Edition, Oxford
University Press, 2012.
4. Meinert CL: Clinical Trials Dictionary: Terminology and Usage Recommendations,
Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
5. Piantadosi S and Meinert CL (Editors):Principles and Practice of Clinical Trials, Springer
Cham, 2022.
In his later years he launched a blog site: The site emerged from a simple desire for a more
efficient means for accessing materials that he produced over the years bearing on the art and
science of trials. Eventually, the idea emerged to place selected letters and teaching materials on
the web for access by Center faculty, staff, and students, thus the site was born. Over the years
the website has grown to over 400+ postings and is a great resource for clinical trialists.
He is survived by his three daughters Julie Smith (Manassas, VA), Nancy Courduff (Towson,
MD) and Jill Meinert (Timonium, MD); four grandchildren, Edward Fuller, Matthew Courduff,
Rachael Sottile, and Allison Courduff; and two great grandchildren Graham Courduff and Nolan
Courduff.
