Wayland, New York
1945 - 2015
Gelbart, Dr. William Martin Died Tuesday morning August 11, 2015 after a valiant fight with cancer. Bill was born September 11, 1945, in Brooklyn, NY. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College, CUNY in 1966 and Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin in 1971. He...
Read MoreThe lessons in genetics, precision, and boldness as well as in kindness, generosity, and caring have been such important guideposts for me for nearly half a century. Thank you, Bill, for the time you shared with all of us.
Ting Wu
November 30, 2023 | Work
Bill Gelbart's class @ Harvard MCB, Spring 2008
Leslie Beh
September 24, 2015
Rest in Peace Billy. Joe and Lois Carbo
September 18, 2015
Bill was a kind and generous man, a great scientist and mentor, and an enlivening, effervescent presence in the drosophila and genomics communities. I will always be grateful for the help he provided at a critical point in my career. I am saddened to hear of his untimely death, and extend my condolences to Susan and the family.
Stan Letovsky
September 15, 2015 | Milton, MA
Bill with his first lab group in early 1980's.
Michael Hoffmann
September 15, 2015
I'm truly sorry to hear about Bill's premature death. Bill and I played many handball games in my years ar Harvard, between 1976 and 1983, and we were good friends and colleagues in those days. My sincere condolences, Jakob
Jakob Franke
September 14, 2015 | Northvale, NJ
Thom, Michael, Bill - Crete 2002 - I think the photo was taken by Ruth Lehmann
Debbie Andrew
September 13, 2015
Howard, Ed, Bill - Crete 2002 - I think the photo was taken by Ruth Lehmann
Debbie Andrew
September 13, 2015
