Lawrence Wallace Byers

Background

Byers, Lawrence Wallace was born on November 12, 1916 in Pulaski, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lawrence and Mary Ellen (Wallace) Byers.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Westminster, 1938. Master of Arts, Oberlin University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1948.

Career

Teaching assistant, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1938-1940; research assistant, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, 1940-1942; organic research, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, 1942-1945; teaching assistant, Upjohn research fellow, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1945-1948; biochemist research, Bristol Labs, Syracuse, New York, 1945-1951; biochemist, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland., 1951-1955; research and teaching, Tulane University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1956-1966; biochemistry research and teaching, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, 1966-1985; biochemistry research and teaching, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1985. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Lawrence Wallace Byers has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elder Parkway Presbyterian Church, Metairie, Louisiana, 1964-1966. Deacon Eergreen Presbyn Church, Memphis, 1978. Member New York Academy of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society.

Connections

Married Mary Alice Burrier, January 8, 1956. Children: Christina Lynn, Clayton Howard.

Father:

Lawrence Byers

Mother:

Mary Ellen (Wallace) Byers

Spouse:

Mary Alice Burrier

child:

Christina Lynn Byers

child:

Clayton Howard Byers