Bob Church (geneticist)

Bob Church
Bob Church
Born	Robert Bertram Church; May 7, 1937; Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Died	September 6, 2019 (aged 82); Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh; University of Alberta; Olds College;
Spouse(s)	Joyce, Gina
Children	2
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics
Institutions	University of Calgary
Thesis	Genetic and biochemical studies of growth in Drosophila (1965)
Doctoral advisor	Forbes W. Robertson
Other academic advisors	Roy Berg

Robert Bertram Church

Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary,^[1] noted for having helped modernize agriculture in Canada by transferring molecular biology and genetics techniques to the agricultural and biotechnology industries. He was also the director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and the Calgary Stampede, as well as a founding member of the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine and of Canada's Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.^[2] In 1969, he became the founding head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine, which has been since renamed to Cumming School of Medicine

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Church was inducted into the

Member of the Order of Canada.^[5] In 2002, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal^[6] and in 2012, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.^[7] He died on September 6, 2019, at Foothills Medical Centre.^[8]