Background
Lucas, Henry Laurence was born on January 8, 1916 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Henry L. and Lilla Alice (Louisiana Spada) Lucas.
Lucas, Henry Laurence was born on January 8, 1916 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Henry L. and Lilla Alice (Louisiana Spada) Lucas.
Student Chaffey Junior College, Ontario, California, 1932-1935. Bachelor of Science in Animal Husbandry, University of California at Davis, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Nutrition, Cornell Univercity, 1943.
Supervisor advanced registry cow testing, California, 1938. Research assistant animal nutrition University of California at Davis, 1938-1939. Dairy cattle feed investigator Cornell Univercity, 1940-1943, research associate animal nutrition, 1943, instructor animal physiology, 1944, research associate poultry nutrition, 1944-1945.
Associate professor statistics North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 1946-1948, professor, 1948-1977, William Neal Reynolds professor statistics, 1957-1977, director biomathematics program, 1961-1977.
Member of committee feed composition National Research Council, 1946-1958. Member program committee International Grassland Congress, 1952. Member Governor North Carolina Science Advisory Committee, 1961-1964.
Member committee international exchange of persons Associate.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association:.
Married Jane Marie Murray, January 20, 1945. Children: William Henry, Carole Jane (Mistress Barney P. Woodward), Robert Murray, Barbara Ann, Janet Louise.