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Demers, Laurence Maurice Son of Laurence Onezime and Doris Corrine (Goulet) Demers.
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Demers, Laurence Maurice Son of Laurence Onezime and Doris Corrine (Goulet) Demers.
AB, Merrimack College, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, 1970.
Postdoctoral fellow Medical School Harvard University, Boston, 1970-1972, instructor, 1972-1973. Assistant professor Master of Science Hershey Medical Center Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, 1973-1976, associate professor, 1976-1980, professor, since 1980, distinguished professor, since 1997. Consultant Robert Wood Johnson Pharm Research Institute, Raritan, New Jersey, 1978-2005.
Board directors dBi Laboratories Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Visiting professor University Oxford, England, 1981-1982. Board directors Autogenomics, Inc., since 2000.
Captain Medical Service Corps United States Army, 1961-1965.
Eucharistic minister St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Hershey, since 1981, member Knights of Malta, since 1990. Trustee Merrimack College, 2000. Chair, board trustees, Merrimack College, 2007-2010.
Fellow National Academy Clinical Biochemistry (president 1984-1985, Dubin award 1991). Member Endocrine Society, American Association Clinical Chemistry (president 1997, Ames award 1986), American Society Clinical Pathology, New York Academy of Sciences, Association Clinical Scientists, Academy Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, Knights of Malta, Country Club of Hershey (board governors since 2000).
Married Susan Ruth Bernard, September 29, 1962. Children: Laurence H., Michele L., Marc B., Christpher J., Andrew J.