Background
Garcia, Eugene Nicholas was born on October 27, 1925 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Son of Luis Garcia and Herminia (Ballesteros) Hills. came to the United States, 1926.
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Eugene Nicholas Garcia
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Education
AB, Gonzaga U., 1948; Master of Science, U. San Francisco, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961.
Career
Chemistry instructor, Loyola High School, Los Angeles, 1951-1952; chemist, California Foundation for Biochemistry Research, Los Angeles, 1954-1956; research assistant, University of California at Los Angeles, 1956-1960; assistant professor biochemistry, College Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Los Angeles, 1961-1962. Member of advisory board Continuing Education in Health Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972-1978.
Achievements
Membership
Member, board directors Women's and Children's Crisis Shelter, Whittier, California, 1983-1990, president 1987-1988. Trustee Bassett Unified School District, California, 1961-1963, Cerritos (California) College, 1982-1983. Consultant, member Citizen's Solid Waste Environmental Advisory Committee to Los Angeles County Sanitation district, since 1988.
Fellow American Institute Chemists, National Academy Clinical Biochemistry. Member American Chemical Society (section chair 1970-1971, national councilor 1973-1989, professor division chairman 1978-1979, safety division secretary 1982-1988), California Association Chemical Teachers (president 1976), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Sally Ann Fuller, February 13, 1954, (divorced September 1964), children: Nicholas J., ChristopherD., Peter J.
