Background
II, Leonard Preston Mercer, was born in 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Leonard Preston and Margie (Miller) M.
II, Leonard Preston Mercer, was born in 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Leonard Preston and Margie (Miller) M.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University Texas, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Louisiana State University, 1971.
National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow University Alabama, Birmingham, 1971-1973. Instructor University South Alabama, Mobile, 1973-1974, assistant professor, 1974-1977, Oral Roberts University School Medicine, Tulsa, 1977-1980, associate professor, 1980-1984, professor, chairman department, 1984-1990, associate dean biomedical science, 1989-1990. Professor, chairman department nutrition and food science University Kentucky, Lexington, since 1990.
Consultant in mathematics modeling physical responses and neurochemistry of appetite control. Professor science and sustainable development United Nations/Third World Academy of Sciences.
Fellow American College Nutrition. Member American Institute Nutrition, American Chemical Society, American Society for Biochemistry, Society Mathematics Biology.
Married Diane Cottingham, 1963. Children: Cindy Louise, Timothy Clayton, Megan Hope.