Background
Krampitz, Lester Orville was born on July 9, 1909 in Maple Lake, Minnesota, United States.
Krampitz, Lester Orville was born on July 9, 1909 in Maple Lake, Minnesota, United States.
AB, Macalester College, St. Paul, 1931. Honorary Doctor of Science, Macalester College, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State College, 1942.
Secondary school principal, Taunton, Minnesota, 1931-1932. Secondary school principal Sacred Heart, 1932-1935, Lake Crystal, 1935-1938. Assistant Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, New York City, 1942-1943.
Instructor bacteriology Iowa State College, 1943-1945, assistant professor, 1945-1946. Associate professor biochemistry Medical School Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1946-1948, professor microbiology, 1948-1978, director department microbiology, 1948-1978, professor emeritus, since 1978.
Member American Society Biological Chemists, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Microbiology, American Society Microbiology, American Association Immunology, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (correspondent), American Chemical Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Photobiology, New York Academy of Sciences, American Society Microbiology (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Lodges: Mason.
Son of Henry Richard and Selma Amelia (Wolff) K. M. Norma Cynthia Peterson, February 21, 1932. 1 daughter, Joyce Rita.