Birth date: Aug 29, 1955 Death date: Oct 3, 2014
Please join the family in celebrating Bill’s life at 10 am, Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Corpus Christi Church, 322 St. James Drive, Piedmont, CA 96611. William “Bill” Wilson Andrews – scientist, father, husband, son, brother, Read Obituary
In memory of my old friend Bill from UCSD of 1979, who will never be forgotten,
Jerry Czajkowski
My deepest sympathies. I learned of his passing just recently, so sorry I was late to learn of it. I hope the family is doing well and Bill’s memory is a wonderful one.
Whenever I talked about Bill to folks that didn't know him, I always referred to him as 'my friend Bill', never just 'Bill'. I truly treasured our friendship. My house is overrun with cds, DVDs, cassette tapes that he shared with me over the years. I left the Bay Area in 1998, and we stayed friends all these years. It was too special to let go of. I saw him whenever he came to San Diego and we kept up a lively correspondence in between. This is going to be hard. I'm really going to miss him. I find I'm catching myself even now seeing things I know he would appreciate and thinking 'gotta tell Bill about this!'. He was a great friend and I'm really going to miss him.
I didn't know Bill all that well, although I knew the family from swimming and we would talk while August was swimming. But I remember talking to him one day and it turned out we both went to St. Stephens, which considering the number of students there at that time, was amazing. I am sorry to hear of his passing and wish his family all the best.
As I am unable to attend the services, I would like to share some memories here. I had the pleasure to work with Bill for about 3 years very early in my career. And although itâ??s been about 16 years since I last saw Bill, I still remember one of my first days in the lab when he kindly showed me how to use a pipetman for the first time. He was funny and often generous to share the things that he loved. I specifically remember him randomly giving me an Iris Dement CD that he already owned because he couldnâ??t pass it up when he found it in a used CD bin. And I still own and use his old food mill that he passed along to me when he upgraded his model. I will remember sharing Dan Bern CDs with him and the patience and respect he showed me in the lab when I knew practically nothing. My deepest condolences,Julie McKnight
