Larry Davis Claxton

Background

Claxton, Larry Davis was born on June 17, 1946 in Chattanooga. Son of Carl Woods Senior and Margaret Jane (Davis) Claxton.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Middle Tennessee State University, 1969; Master of Science, Memphis State University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, 1980.

Career

Research assistant, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1971-1972; biologist, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1972-1977; research biologist, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, since 1977; director environmental carcinogeneis division, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, since 1993. Adjunct associate professor of University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1982, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1986. Chairman technical steering committee International Collaborative Study on Complex Mixtures, International Program on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization, 1987-1991.

Achievements

• Larry Davis Claxton has been listed as a noteworthy Toxicologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elder Church of Christ, Raleigh. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Risk Analysis, Genotoxicity and Environmental Mutagen Society (president 1983-1985), Environmental Mutagen Society (councilor 1985-1988), American Public Health Association, Society of Toxicology.

Connections

Married Betty Sue Reed, May 29, 1971. Children: Meredith Jill, Matthew Reed.

Father:

Carl Woods Senior Claxton

Mother:

Margaret Jane (Davis) Claxton

Spouse:

Betty Sue Reed

child:

Matthew Reed Claxton

child:

Meredith Jill Claxton