Background
Magee, Lyman Abbott was born on April 10, 1926 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States. Son of Donies Eldridge and Novie Gertrude (Pierce) Magee.
microbiology educator and administrator
Magee, Lyman Abbott was born on April 10, 1926 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States. Son of Donies Eldridge and Novie Gertrude (Pierce) Magee.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Louisiana College, 1946. Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1954, Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, 1958.
Senior analyst Cities Service Corporation, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1947-1948. Assistant professor chemistry Louisiana College, Pineville, 1948-1951, acting chairman department, 1948-1949, assistant dean of men, 1950, dean of men, 1956. Instructor microbiology Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1956.
Hite fellow in cancer research Doctor of Medicine Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, 1958-1959.
Instructor, National Institutes of Health fellow University Mississippi School Medicine, 1959-1961. Associate professor microbiology University Mississippi, Oxford, 1961-1965, professor, since 1965, chairman department biology, 1969-1976, assistant dean College Liberal Arts, 1979-1985, associate dean, 1985-1987.
National Science Foundation Faculty Research Participation grantee Valley Forge Space Center, General Electric Company, 1975.
Baptism is something you do in obedience to God, but it is not essential for salvation. In other words, salvation is something God does for us, while baptism is something we do for God.
Fellow National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, American Academy Microbiology, American Society Microbiology (president South Central branch 1969-1971). Member Mississippi Academy of Sciences (president 1984-1985), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Delta Psi.
Married Betty Joyce Upton, April 21, 1957. Children– Esther Margaret, David Donies.