Career
Magill was born November 26, 1953 in Craig, Colorado. He received his Bachelor of Surgery from Lamar University in 1976, his Master of Surgery from the University of Rhode Island in 1978, and his Doctor of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine in 1984. He held the Head of Parasitology position at the United States Navy"s Medical Research Center in Peru from 1996-1999.
Magill worked as Program Manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) from 2009-2012 before joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2012, where he worked until his death in 2015.
During his tenure at the Foundation, he worked to address health issues including malaria and Ebola.