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William Brown, a member of Carnegie Mellon’s department of biological sciences for 34 years and an innovator who was involved with some of the university’s most well-known interdisciplinary initiatives, died Sunday, July 15, at UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland. He was 62.

The cause of death was complications from brain surgery, according to an e-mail message sent by Richard McCullough, dean of the Mellon College of Science, to members of the campus community. After a bike accident several weeks prior to his death, doctors discovered that Brown had a brain tumor. After two unsuccessful surgeries to remove the tumor, Brown died.

For Brown, cycling was only one of a vast array of passions, both personal and professional. At the time of his...

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