Background
Fischer, Lawrence Joseph was born on September 2, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence J. and Virginia H. (Dieker) Fischer.
Fischer, Lawrence Joseph was born on September 2, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence J. and Virginia H. (Dieker) Fischer.
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois-Chicago, 1959; Master of Sciences, University Illinois-Chicago, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-San Francisco, 1965.
National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, 1965-1966; senior research pharmacologist, Merck Sharp and Dohme, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1966-1968; assistant professor pharmacology, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1969-1973; associate professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1974-1976; professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1976-1985; professor, director Institute for Environmental Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, since 1985. Consultant Food and Drug Administration Bureau Veterinary Medicine, 1974-1977. Member board scientific counselorsdiv. of cancer Etiology National Cancer Institute, 1986-1992.
Member American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Society Toxicology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Married Elizabeth Ann Dunphy, October 24, 1964. Children— Julie Ann, Pamela Jean, Karen Sue.