Background
Leeson, Lewis Joseph was born on April 26, 1927 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alfred Elias and Rose (Sandow) Leeson.
Leeson, Lewis Joseph was born on April 26, 1927 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alfred Elias and Rose (Sandow) Leeson.
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Newark, 1950. Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Rutgers University, Newark, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1957.
Pharmacist Mack Drug Company, Paterson, New Jersey, 1950-1952, Fried's Drugs, Paterson, 1952-1954. Laboratory assistant Rutgers University College Pharmacy, Newark, 1952-1954, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1954-1957. Research pharmacist, project leader Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, New York, 1957—1967.
Director product Research and Development, Union Carbide Company, Greenburgh, New York, 1967-1969. Assistant director product Research and Development, Geigy Pharmaceutical, Suffern, 1969-1971. Director, senior director, senior research fellow Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceutical, Summit, New Jersey, 1971-1984.
Distinguished research fellow Ciba-Geigy Corporation, 1984-1993, retired, 1993. President LJL Associates Inc, Pharmaceutical Research and Development Consultant, Montville, New Jersey, since 1993. Dean Louis W. Busse lecturer University Wisconsin, 1993.
Member executive committee United States Pharmacopoeia, 1990—1995, member expert advisory committee, since 2000. Member executive committee New Jersey DURC, 1984—1989. Founder, chief science officer Cogent Pharmaceutical, since 1997.
(Book by Lewis J. Leeson, J. Thuro Carstensen)
Fellow Academy Pharmaceutical Science, American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists. Member American Pharmaceutical Association, Sigma Xi, Rho Chi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Barbara Rothstein, December 20, 1953. Children: Suzanne, Erica, Alex.