Former department chair and VP research passes away

Dr. Bill Bridger, former chair of the Department of Biochemistry and associate vice-president, research, passes away.

Faculty staff - 24 December 2014

We are saddened to announce that Dr. William A. Bridger former chair of the Department of Biochemistry and former U of A associate vice-president (research), passed away Dec. 18, 2014.

Bridger was leader both within the University of Alberta and within the Canadian scientific community. To commemorate his distinguished career, the William A. Lectureship in Biochemistry was inaugurated as an annual event in 2005. Learn more about Bridger's career and the lectureship series.


To make an online donation to the William A Bridger Lectureship in Biochemistry in Dr. Bridger's honour, please do the following:

  • Open the Give to the U of A online giving form.
  • Fill in the online form. In the section titled Donor Information and in the field called Please enter any special instructions for this gift, type in the following: William A Bridger Lectureship in Biochemistry.
  • In the Would you like to make this gift in honour or in memory of someone? field, found in the More Information About Your Gift section, please select In Honour.
  • Complete and submit the online form.

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