{"id":246,"date":"2016-09-20T14:05:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T18:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/pollocklab\/?p=246"},"modified":"2016-09-20T14:06:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T18:06:02","slug":"and-the-department-will-never-be-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/pollocklab\/2016\/09\/20\/and-the-department-will-never-be-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"And the department will never be the same…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Bill Myers<\/strong> — a significant presence in the chemistry department at the University of Richmond for 43 years — retired in spring 2016 — left this world last week.<\/p>\n

I thank you for your thoughtful questions during my interview, your enthusiastic welcoming email when I decided to take the job, the informative and historical walk across campus to register for the gym\u00a0in my first week, your invitation to my first UR\/VCU basketball game, your loving spirit for the education of our students, your leadership in the department and university, and your friendship.<\/p>\n

We will miss you.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/obituaries\/article_2ce6bcfd-0607-5a41-9325-f3fa2ece8943.html<\/p>\n

https:\/\/spiderathletics.exposure.co\/spider-insight-in-memory-of-dr-william-myers<\/p>\n

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