WILLIAM DAVID McELROY

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WILLIAM DAVID McELROY died 17 February 1999. He not only distinguished himself as an experimentalist in the biological sciences, but through his leadership of several major scientific institutions greatly influenced the development of the basic sciences in the United States. Although his research and training were scientifically based, as the fourth chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, he encouraged the expansion of the arts, humanities, and social sciences on that campus and was very successful in forging links between the university and the San Diego community.

Bill McElroy was born and raised in Rogers, Texas. After graduation from high school he enrolled in …