Background
Hager, Lowell Paul was born on August 30, 1926 in Girard, Kansas, United States. Son of Paul William and Christine (Selle) Hager.
Hager, Lowell Paul was born on August 30, 1926 in Girard, Kansas, United States. Son of Paul William and Christine (Selle) Hager.
AB, Valparaiso University, 1947. Master of Arts, University Kansas, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1953.
Postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1953-1955;
assistant professor biochemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955-1960;
member of faculty, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1960;
professor biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1965;
head biochemistry division, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1967-1989;
director Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1987. Chairman physiological chemistry study section National Institutes of Health, since 1965. Visiting scientist Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 1964.
Consultant National Science Foundation, 1976.
With United States Army Air Force, 1945. Member National Academy of Sciences (elected), American Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, American Society Microbiology (chairman physiology division 1967).
Married Frances Erea, January 22, 1949. Children: Paul, Steven, JoAnn.