Lester J. Reed
Lester J. Reed (January 3, 1925,
New Orleans, Louisiana – January 14, 2015) was an American
biochemist, having been the Ashbel Smith Professor Emeritus at
University of Texas at Austin (UTA), and also a
National Academy of Sciences member. He received his Bachelor of Science from
Tulane University in 1943, where he worked with William Shive, and earned his doctorate from the
University of Illinois in 1946 at the age of 21. He then moved to
Cornell University Medical School for a two-year postdoctorate in the laboratory of
Vincent du Vigneaud from 1946 to 1948. Having worked at UTA since 1948, the Lester J. Reed Professorship was named in his honor in 1997 and the current holder is
Dean R. Appling. In 1977, he was given an honorary doctorate from
Tulane University.
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