Renowned Professor William Thilly, Pioneer in Mutagen Research, Passes Away at 79
William Tilley (Class of 1967, PhD, 1971), professor of biological engineering at MIT, died on December 24 at his home in Winchester, Massachusetts. He was 79 years old. A pioneer in the study of human gene mutations, Dr. Tilly has been on the MIT faculty since 1972. Throughout his career, Dr. Tilly has developed new…