Dear Bob, Many thanks for posting this memory of Ward. It was such a sad shock to learn of his passing. Like many of the newsgroup readers I remember Ward as an outstanding colleague and program manager. It was my pleasure to talk with him regularly as my point of contact for Phenix and ALS-ENABLE funding. I will miss our calls and his sage advice and generous spirit. He will be greatly missed by many of us.
Paul > On Jul 18, 2020, at 4:36 AM, Sweet, Robert > <000027e0eb9d20ec-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> wrote: > > I'm writing to acknowledge the passing of Ward Smith during the weekend of 5 > July. Ward got his PhD with Martha Ludwig at U. of Michigan, and then came to > UCLA in 1977 to join Dave Eisenberg’s group as a postdoc. During the course > of things, he met Cheryl Janson, a Paul Boyer postdoc, and they were married > in 1980. During his time at UCLA Ward became expert in operation of the > Xuong/Hamlin/Nielsen multi-wire system at UCSD and tutored the UCLA users in > its use. In 1985 Ward and Cheryl left UCLA and went to Monsanto in St. Louis, > where Ward worked as a structural biologist. In 1987 they went to Agouron > Pharmaceuticals in San Diego. And then in 1995 went cross-country to > SmithKline Beecham (which became Glaxo SmithKline, merging with > GlaxoWellcome). > > Ward was very involved with getting IMCA set up as a functional facility for > pharmaceuticals at Argonne as SmithKline's representative. This experience > gave him significant credibility in synchrotron macromolecular > crystallography, and in 2003 he joined the GM/CA-CAT beamlines at the APS to > help Bob Fischetti and others construct that excellent facility. During this > time Cheryl worked at Shamrock Structures. > > Ward moved to the NIH headquarters in 2007. There he took some responsibility > for the Protein Structure Initiative, also playing an important role in > supporting NIH synchrotron facilities. In 2010 he became the branch chief for > the Structural Genomics and Proteomics Technology Branch in the Division of > Cell Biology and Biophysics. He remained in that position through 2017. At > the 2018 NIGMS re-organization Ward went to the Biophysics, Biomedical > Technology, and Computational Biosciences division as the branch chief for > the Biomedical Technology Branch. > > Ward helped oversee the big NIH-funded, $45 M construction of three major > beamlines at NSLS-II, a project called ABBIX that ran 2011-2017. In 2017 he > became program director for NIH support of structural biology beamlines at > NSLS-II and other DOE synchrotrons. > > Many knew Ward for his always calm, reasoned demeanor; he was unflappable, > resilient, and friendly. He was well read and devoted to his family. > > ================================================ > Robert M. Sweet E-Dress: sw...@bnl.gov > Scientific Advisor, CBMS: The Center for BioMolecular > Structure at NSLS-II > Photon Sciences and Biology Dept > Brookhaven Nat'l Lab. > Upton, NY 11973 U.S.A. > Phones: 631 344 3401 (Office) > 631 338 7302 (Mobile) > ================================================ > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing > list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ -- Paul Adams Division Director, Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging, LBL (http://biosciences.lbl.gov/divisions/mbib) Principal Investigator, Computational Crystallography Initiative, LBL (http://cci.lbl.gov) Vice President for Technology, the Joint BioEnergy Institute (http://www.jbei.org) Principal Investigator, ALS-ENABLE, Advanced Light Source (http://als-enable.lbl.gov) Division Deputy for Biosciences, Advanced Light Source (https://als.lbl.gov) Laboratory Research Manager, ENIGMA Science Focus Area (http://enigma.lbl.gov) Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, U.C. Berkeley (http://bioeng.berkeley.edu) Adjunct Professor, Comparative Biochemistry, U.C. Berkeley (http://compbiochem.berkeley.edu) Building 33, Room 250 Building 978, Room 4126 Building 977, Room 180C Tel: 1-510-486-4225 http://cci.lbl.gov/paul Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road BLDG 33R0345 Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Executive Assistant: Ashley Dawn [ ashleyd...@lbl.gov ][ 1-510-486-5455 ] -- ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
