Background
Dessauer, Herbert Clay was born on December 30, 1921 in New Orleans. Son of Herbert Andrew and Shirley Ross (Patin) Dessauer.
Dessauer, Herbert Clay was born on December 30, 1921 in New Orleans. Son of Herbert Andrew and Shirley Ross (Patin) Dessauer.
Professional certified in meteorology, California Institute of Technology, 1945. Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 1952.
Member faculty, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, since 1951;
professor biochemistry, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1963-1991;
professor emeritus, Louisiana State University Medical Center, since 1991;
acting department head, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1977-1978;
research associate department herpetology, American Museum Natural History, 1978-1991. Member Alpha Helix Expedition to New Guinea, 1969. Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., New Orleans, 1962-1979.
Member panel advanced science education National Science Foundation, 1965-1967, panel in systematic biology, 1972-1975. Co-chairman workshop on frozen tissue collection management, 1983. Member research advisory board Audubon Zoological Garden, New Orleans, 1986-1988.
Member county on collections Association Systematics Collections. Member task force on fluoridation New Orleans Health Planning Council, 1971-1972.
Served to First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Herpetologists League. Member American Physiological Society, American Genetic Association, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (section secretary 1959-1961), Society.Study Amphibians Reptiles (board directors 1981), American Society Icthyology and Herpetology (president 1986), Society Systematic Zoology, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Frances Jane Moffatt, December 10, 1949. Children: Dan Winston, Rebecca Lynn, Bryan Clay.