Notice of Bill Bicknell’s Passing
Students, Friends and Colleagues:
It is with great sadness that I write to let you know that Bill Bicknell succumbed to cancer last night. He was at home, with family, in the home he loved overlooking the marshes and on out to sea.
Bill brought International Health to BUSPH. He started certificate courses in health management that attracted participants from all over the globe. Based on the certificate program experiences, he was able to convince the BUSPH to create the Department of International Health. Susie Foster and I as Chairs that have served following Bill have benefited greatly from the foundation he built which now supports 250 Master’s and doctoral students and the work of the University-wide Center for Global Health and Development. He helped to build a new medical school in Egypt. In Lesotho, he was instrumental in the building of a new hospital and the founding of a primary care residency program.
He was outspoken, creative and a force that will not soon be forgotten by any who worked with him. Much will be written in the next days about Bill and his career, but I write you now in recognition of all he has given our Department. Our thoughts are with Jane and his family in these difficult days.
Jon
Professor Jonathon Simon, DSC. MPH
Chair, Department of International Health
Boston University School of Public Health
Director, Center for Global Health and Development
Boston University
