Robert Bertram Church

Robert Bertram Church, known as Bob Church, was a Canadian geneticist, rancher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary noted for helping modernize Canadian agriculture by transferring molecular biology and genetics techniques into the agricultural and biotechnology industries. A pioneer of molecular genetics and embryo transfer technology in cattle, he spent twenty five years at the University of Calgary becoming an internationally known leader and expert in applying reproductive physiology and molecular biology to livestock breeding. He was a founding member of the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine and of Canada's Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and also served as a director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and of the Calgary Stampede. He was inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1991 for his work in cattle genetics.