Background
Lucille Shapson Hurley was born in Riga, Latvia. Her father, Carl Shapson, worked in a shoe factory when she was a girl.
Lucille Shapson Hurley was born in Riga, Latvia. Her father, Carl Shapson, worked in a shoe factory when she was a girl.
Shapson attended Wauwatosa High School, and the University of Wisconsin, where she earned a degree in nutrition in 1943. She earning a Doctor of Philosophy in nutrition from the University of California at Berkeley in 1950.
Biochemist Child Research Council, U. Colorado School Medicine, Denver, 1951-1952;
research associate div Chemical Embryology, U. Colorado School Medicine, Denver, 1952-1955;
assistant research biochemist to assistant professor, University of California Department Home Economics, Davis, 1955-1961;
associate professor Nutrition, University of California Department Home Economics, Davis, 1961-1966;
department chairman, University of California Department Home Economics, Davis, 1963-1965;
professor Nutrition department Nutrition, University of California, Davis, since 1966;
acting chairman of department, University of California, Davis, 1966-1967;
professor Nutrition School Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1971-1977;
professor internal medicine, University of California, Davis, since 1986. Sabbatical leave Laboratoire d'Embryologie U. Paris Medical School, 1962-1963, Laboratoire de Biophysique, fall 1969. Special leave Department Biochemistry University of California, Berkeley, summer 1961.
Visiting scientist Laboratoire des Isotopes Pasteur Institute, Paris, summers 1964, 65, Polish Academy Science, November 1976. Research collaborator Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1966-1968. Visiting professor Oregon State University, July 1970, Washington State University, July 1975.
Chercheur étranger Institute National pour la Santé et la Recherche Médicale, Paris, September 1974, 76. Distinguished lecturer Nutrition Research Institute Oregon State University, February 1978, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, January 1980, Georgia Medical College, Augusta, 1981, 82, 83, 84, 85. Margaret Eppright lecturer Nutrition University Texas, Austin, April 1979.
Marie Curie lecturer Science, Tex.Women's U., 1983. York lecturer Auburn U., 1984. Board directors science counselors National Institute Dental Research National Institutes of Health, 1971-1975, advisory council 1985-1988.
Member Nutrition study section National Institutes of Health, 1975-1979. National Academy Sciences National Research Council subcommittee Environmental Geochemistry in Relation to Health and Disease, 1976-1979, chairman subcommittee Nutrient Requirements of Mouse, 1974-1978, commission on Nutritionin Medical Education, 1984-1985, commission on Diet and Health, since 1986. Science advisory council The Nutrition Foundation, 1980-1984.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Nutrition (nominating committee 1970, membership committee 1970-1972, secretary 1972-1975, councillor 1979-1982, president-elect 1982-1983, president 1983-1985). Member Teratology Society (charter member, recorder 1968-1972, president-elect 1974-1975, president 1975-1976), Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (National Membership committee 1978-1981, councillor since 1985), European Teratology Society, The Nutrition Society, American Society Clinical Nutrition, Society Environmental Geochemistry and Health (president-elect 1973-1974, president 1974-1975, nominating committee 1979-1980), Perinatal Research Society, Sigma Xi (annual meeting theme lecturer 1985), Trace Elements in Man and Animals (international parent committee), Iota Sigma Pi, Sigma Delta Epsilon.
Married 1945 (divorced 1963). Children: Barbara Hurley, Michael Hurley. Married Kenneth Thompson, 1967.
Stepchildren: Tamara, Marcus, Nicholas.