Lee Virn Leak

Background

Leak, Lee Virn was born on July 22, 1932 in Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Lincoln and Lucille Elizabeth (Moore) Leak.

Education

Bachelor of Science, South Carolina. State College, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1962.

Career

Assistant professor, Michigan State University, Lansing, 1962; research fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1962-1964; instructor department anatomy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1965-1967; assistant professor department anatomy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1967-1971; professor, department chairman anatomy, Howard U., Washington, 1971-1981; research professor, Howard U., Washington, since 1983. Member anatomical science training committee National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1972-1973. Member anatomy test committee National Board Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, 1973-1976.

Advisory county National Heart Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1982-1986.

Achievements

• Lee Virn Leak has been listed as a noteworthy cell biologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Maryland. Grape Growers Association, 1983, Maryland. Angus Association, 1991. Regional vice president Maryland.-District of Columbia American Wine Society, 1980-1983.

Member Executive Committee Atlantic National Angus Cattle Show, Timonium, Maryland., 1991-1993. Trustee St. Andrews' Epis. School, Bethesda, 1991-1994.

Board directors Montgomery County Agricultural Center, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1991-1994. First lieutenant United States Army, 1954-1956. Member American Association Anatomists (board directors since 1965), American Physiological Society, American Society Cell Biology, International Society Lymphology, North America Society Lymphology, Microcirculatory Society.

Connections

Married Eleanor Carrol Merrick, July 11, 1964. Children: Alice Elizabeth, Lee Virn Junior.

Father:

Robert Lincoln Leak

Mother:

Lucille Elizabeth (Moore) Leak

Spouse:

Eleanor Carrol Merrick

child:

Alice Elizabeth Leak

child:

Lee Virn Junior Leak