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University of Hawai'i |
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For Immediate Release: |
August 9, 2000 |
Contact: Jim Manke - University and Community Relations - 956-6106
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| Memorial Services Scheduled for Fredrick C. Greenwood,
Longtime Director of UH Pacific Biomedical Research Center |
Frederick C. Greenwood, University of Hawai`i professor and researcher since 1968, died Tuesday morning, August 8, at his home after a lengthy illness. Greenwood was until recently the Director of the Pacific Biomedical Research Center (PBRC), stepping down officially only a few days ago because of failing health.
Greenwood's initiative and leadership are widely acknowledged as critical to establishing the Cancer Research Center of Hawai`i and the Burns School of Medicine. He was also especially aggressive in pursuing federal research dollars for his own work and that of others. By his own estimate, Greenwood noted in a self-written obituary that he brought in about $80 million in research and training funds.
Greenwood joined the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in 1968 from the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London. He established a research lab together with his future wife, Dr. Gillian Bryant, and obtained funding from the National Institutes of Health, taught medical, graduate and undergraduate students, and then became Director of PBRC in 1973.
In addition to his spouse, Gillian Bryant-Greenwood, Greenwood is survived by four children Peter Bryant-Greenwood, Kate Bryant-Greenwood, Wendy Evans and Jocelyn Felton, and a sister, Joan Osborune.
A memorial celebration has been scheduled for Monday afternoon, August 14, at 3:30 p.m. in rooms on the garden level (downstairs), Imin Conference Center at Jefferson Hall, East-West Center.
Memorial gifts may be made to the University of Hawai`i Foundation and sent c/o the Pacific Biomedical Research Center, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.
