Robert Bertram Church

Bob Church
Born Robert Bertram Church
Citizenship Canadian
Alma mater
Spouse(s) Joyce
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 CM AOE is a Canadian geneticist, rancher, and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary.[1] He is 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, and a founding member of the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine and of Canada's Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.[2]

Church was inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1991 and into the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1993.[2] He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Lethbridge in 1998.[3] In 2000, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[4] In 2002, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal,[5] and in 2012, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Olds College Hall of Fame/Merit
  2. 1 2 Dr. Robert Bertram Church Ph.D.
  3. ↑ University of Lethbridge Awards
  4. ↑ Member of the Order of Canada
  5. ↑ The Golden Jubilee Medal
  6. ↑ The Diamond Jubilee Medal
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