Nicholas Wright Gillham

I have been very saddened to learn that Nick has passed away. My deepest condolescences go out to Carol and his family and friends. Nick will continue to live on in our hearts.
I had the wonderful experience to meet Nick many years ago when I happened to take one of his classes on organelle biology. This was the beginning of an almost 10-year-journey at Duke University with Nick and John Boynton and, of course, many Chlamys. Nick has been a kind and caring teacher, supervisor and...

I was privileged to spend a sabbatical in the lab of Nick and John in 1977-78 in order to learn the basic lab techniques for working with Chlamy. Nick was not only an exceptional scientist but also a wonderful human being whom I was honored to know and to work and collaborate with. He had a remarkable breadth and depth of knowledge about organelle genetics, displayed in two books and many fine papers on the subject. He attracted a fine group of students and fostered a spirit of collaboration...

This morning, I was dissecting Chlamydomonas tetrads, and my thoughts turned to Nick, who introduced so many of us to this happy go-lucky experimental organism that we fondly call "Chlamy". I chose Duke University for graduate school because I wanted to enter the field of extranuclear genetics, and I was impressed with everything I had heard and read about the research in the Gillham-Boynton lab. My five and a half years at Duke were a very special time of my life, in large part because of...

I was much affected by the sad news of Nick's passing, and I would like to express my deepest condolences and sympathy to his lovely wife Carol and to all his family members.

I was most fortunate to do my postdoctoral fellowship in his laboratory at Duke University a little bit more than twenty years ago, and that was the happiest time of my research career. Nick and Carol nicely hosted me a few days in their house in Durham when I just arrived from Paris, which had deeply touched...

I knew Nick only through a small discussion group on Political Economy at Fearrington Village in North Carolina. He was such a thoughtful contributor, good listener and we always came away better informed for his comments and reflections-- always delivered with quiet modesty. He will be sorely missed by our group. Our hearts go out to Nick's family.

I was extremely sorry to learn that Nick Gillham passed away. I add here my condolences to Carol his wife and to all family members.

Nick hosted me during 1995 as a research scientist on sabbatical, at Duke University, as part of his research group. Nick provided me with a warm and professional surrounding and introduced me most elegantly to the fascinating world of chloroplast biology. I am deeply indebted to him for his generous hospitality and high professionalism. I cherish his...