Background
Lerner, Richard Alan was born on August 26, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Peter Alex and Lily (Orlinsky) Lerner.
Lerner, Richard Alan was born on August 26, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Peter Alex and Lily (Orlinsky) Lerner.
Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, California, 1964. Doctor of Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 2002. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Karolinska Institute, 1990.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2001. Doctor (honorary), Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 2003. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 2004.
Intern Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, 1964-1965, research fellow, 1965-1968. Associate Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, 1968-1970. Associate department experimental pathology Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation, La Jolla, California, 1970-1972, associate member department experimental pathology, 1972-1974, member department immunopathology, 1974—1982.
Member, chairman department molecular biology The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), 1982-1987, Lita Annenberg Hazen professor immunochemistry, since 1986, director TSRI, since 1987, professor department chemistry, since 1988, Cecil H. & Ida M. Green chair chemistry, since 1989, president, since 1991, member Skaggs Institute Chemical Biology, since 1996. Member biotechnology advisory board Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Institute, Zurich, Switzerland, 1994. Member science policy committee Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1995—1998.
Member College Chemistry advisory board University California, Berkeley, 1996. Member science advisory board Center Nanoscale Science & Technology, Houston, 1996. Board directors California Council of Scientific & Technology, Newport Beach, 1996—1997.
Member board governors Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 1998. Member international board advisory board Peres Center Peace, Tel Aviv, 1998. Distinguished visiting scientist International Business Machines Corporation T.J. Watson Research Center, New York, 2006.
Member cancer preclinical progressive project review committee National Cancer Institute. Lecturer in field.
Member science policy advising committee Uppsala U. (Sweden), science advisory board Economics Development Board, Singapore. Fellow American College of Surgeons (screening committee California division). Member NAS Institute Medical (ad hoc committee new research opportunities in immunology), American Society Virology (charter), American Society Nephrology, American Association Immunologists, American Society Experimental Pathology, American Society Microbiology, New York Academy Sciences, Biophysics Society, Royal Swedish Academy Science, National Cancer Institute (cancer preclinical program project review committee 1985-1988), Royal Swedish Academy Sciences (foreign, Lita Annenberg Hazen professor immunochemistry 1986), 1st Thursday Club, Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Diana Lynn Pritchett, June 1966 (divorced 1977). Children: Danica, Arik, Edward. Married Nicola Green, September 1, 1979.