Bill Gates Sr., Advocate of Health Equity Around the World
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Bill Gates Sr., who played a pivotal role in the creation of our UW Department of Global Health (DGH) in 2007, and continued to be a staunch and vocal advocate for the Department and our work to improve health and health equity around the world. DGH was launched through a generous gift and endowment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that he spearheaded.