Leroy Edward Hood

Background

Hood, Leroy Edward was born on October 10, 1938 in Missoula, Montana, United States. Son of Thomas Edward and Myrtle Evylan (Wadsworth) Hood.

Education

Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1960. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1968.

Career

Medical officer, United States Public Health Service, 1967-1970; staff scientist, Public Health Svc., Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1970; senior investigator, National Cancer Institute, 1967-1970; assistant professor biology, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1970-1973; associate professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1973-1975; professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1975-1992; Bowles professor biology, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1977-1992; chairman division biology, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1980-1989; Gates professor molecular biotechnology, Chairman of the Board, U. Washington School Medicine, Seattle, since 1992. Director National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Molecular Biotechnology, since 1989.

Achievements

• Leroy Edward Hood has been listed as a noteworthy Molecular biologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Molecular Biology of Eukaryotic Cells: A Problems Approach

    (Book by Hood, Leroy E., etc.)

Membership

Member of National Academy of Engineering (Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ prize 2011), National Academy of Sciences, Institute Medicine, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts & Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: mountaineering, rockclimbing, photography.

Connections

Married Valerie Anne Logan, December 14, 1963. Children: Eran William, Marqui Leigh, Jennifer.

Father:

Thomas Edward Hood

Mother:

Myrtle Evylan (Wadsworth) Hood

Spouse:

Valerie Anne Logan

child:

Jennifer Hood

child:

Marqui Leigh Hood

child:

Eran William Hood