Dear All
I met Bill on my first Dicty conference in Bar Harbor in '99
While as a new Dicty research assistant.... to me he was formidable! On meeting him he was knowledgable, enthusiastic and down to earth and will be sadly missed.
Best wishes
Emma


> On 1 Jul 2016, at 22:38, Jeffrey E Segall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Conversations with Bill were a pleasure, a privilege, educational, and provocative.  I shall miss him.
> Jeff
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> Subject: [DICTY] Bill Loomis
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> Dear friends,
> 
> We are sad to inform you that our mentor, colleague and friend Bill Loomis passed away yesterday, June 30.  Bill started his scientific journey with Dicty in the 1960’s and remained active in the field until his death.  He was looking forward to joining all of us in Tucson at the end of the month. Bill was a passionate and erudite scientist, his enthusiasm and love of knowledge were infectious and his devotion to rigorous biological research and education was unwavering.  To us, Bill was a teacher, a mentor, a friend and a father figure.  We will miss him dearly.
> 
> Gadi and Adam