Lawrence Harris Hecker

Background

Hecker, Lawrence Harris was born on July 14, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph and Rose Vivian (Harris) Hecker.

Education

Bachelor in Geography and Chemistry, Wayne State University, 1965; Master of Science in Industrial Hygiene, Wayne State University, 1967; Master of Science in Air Pollution, University of Michigan, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy of Industrial Health, University of Michigan, 1972.

Career

Assistant professor industrial and environmental health University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1972-1978. Manager, director corporation industrial hygiene Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois, 1978-1994, director corporation health and safety regulatory affairs, 1994—2003. Senior consultant corporation regulatory and quality science Abbott Labs, 2003—2004.

Senior consultant Hospira, Lake Forest, from 2004. Consultant Ann Arbor, 1970-1978, Northbrook, Illinois, since 1996. Chief chemist, independent hygienist Environmental Health Laboratories Franklin, Michigan, 1966-1968.

Laboratory technician Wayne State University, Detroit, 1964-1966.

Achievements

• Lawrence Harris Hecker has been listed as a noteworthy Industrial hygienist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Society for Testing and Materials, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Testing and Materials (international executive committee, ESS.91 chair committee), American Public Health Association, International Committee E55, National Association Manufacturers (chairman safety committee since 1992, vice chair occupational safety and health committee since 2002, occupational safety and health committee, ergonomics committee), Business Council on Indoor Air (board directors), Pharmaceutical Safety Group, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association, Remote Sensing of Atmosphere, Organizations Resource Councillors (respirator committee, chairman respiratory study task force, risk assessment task force, permissible exposure limti advisory committee task force, Tuberculosis task force, chairman latex rubber task force, Polyvinyl chloride task force, ergonomics task force), Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance, Ethylene Oxide Industry Council (vice chairman board and executive committee 1982-1995, board directors, ethylene glycol panel, phthalate ester panel), American Chemistry Council (board directors, occupational safety and health committee, Ethylene Glycol panel, Occupational Safety and Health Administration legislation group), International Standards Organization (chairman technical committee 194 biological evaluation medical devices since 2001, United States delegate Geneva, convener technical committee 194, working group 11, working groups 1, 12, 14, 15, liaison International Organization for Standardization technical committee 210 and 172 joint working group 4, International Organization for Standardization TC210 working group 4, liaison global harmonization task force study group 1), Association Advancement Medical Technology (product safety working group, Polyvinyl chloride working group, toxicology task group, proposition 65 working group, latex working group, chair medical device utilization study group), Association Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Air Pollution Control Association, American Industrial Hygiene Association (board directors 1983-1986), American Conference Governmental Industrial Hygienists, American Chemical Society, Advanced American Academy Industrial Hygiene, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Phyllis Rosalind Cohen, June 29, 1966. Children: Charles Aaron, David Alan.

Father:

Joseph Hecker

Mother:

Rose Vivian (Harris) Hecker

Spouse:

Phyllis Rosalind Cohen

child:

David Alan Hecker

child:

Charles Aaron Hecker