Dr. Robert L. Searls died on Saturday, May 6, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the fifth of six children of Edward and Anne Searls. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1953, and served in the U.S. Army for two years. In 1960, Robert received his doctorate in biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley. He served as a post-doctoral fellow at Brandeis University in 1961 where he met and married his wife, Ellen Donovan of Arlington, Massachusetts. Robert did research in embryology and taught biology for four years at the University of Virginia and then for thirty years at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., retiring in 1998. Robert and Ellen returned to Charlottesville, Va. where they have spent the last 19 years. Robert is survived by his wife, Ellen to whom he was married for 55 years; his four children, Timothy, David, Paul, and Anne; six grandchildren and four siblings. He was a beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather. He was a spiritual man with a voracious love of reading, history, and music. He enjoyed fishing and sitting back reading a good book. He will be truly missed for the love, laughter and great knowledge he brought to all of our lives!!

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