B. Lowell Langille Scholarship in Creative Writing

Award descriptionScholarships totalling $1,650 have been made available through an endowment established by Dr. S. Lee Adamson, in memory of her husband, and Ellen R.A. Langille, in memory of her father, Dr. B. Lowell Langille (1947-2008). The scholarships are for outstanding graduate students in the School of Creative Writing. Lowell (B.Sc. 1969, M.Sc. 1970, Ph.D. 1975) was a world-renowned cell biologist and physiologist, who contributed extensively to the field of vascular biology and the study of atherosclerosis. He held faculty positions at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto, where he was a recipient of the John B. Walter Prize for Innovative Teaching/Education from the Department of Pathology. Lowell served on the editorial boards for many of the top cardiovascular journals, was the Co-Chair of the 13th International Vascular Biology Meeting in 2004, and was a member of the scientific review panels for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Lowell was a skilled mentor in scientific writing. He was also an avid reader of poetry and literature and wished to support and encourage students in the arts. The scholarships are made on the recommendation of the School of Creative Writing, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.