Very sad to hear this.


"Sit down before a fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every
preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature
leads, or you shall learn nothing." - TH Huxley

Frederick W. Spiegel

Distinguished Professor

Department of Biological Sciences
SCEN 601, 850 W. Dickson
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

Phone: 1 479 575 4248
Lab: FERR 214, Phone: 1 479 575 7393
Fax: 1 479 575 4010





On 7/1/16 12:00 PM, "DICTY on behalf of Dictybase Northwestern"
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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 1960¹s 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