I. Robert Lehman

I. Robert Lehman (born 1924) is an emeritus professor of biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine who has made major contributions in characterizing the process of homologous recombination.

Early life and education

Lehman was born in Tauragė, Lithuania in 1924 and emigrated to United States in 1927. After serving as a soldier during World War II, he was educated at Johns Hopkins University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1950 and completing his Ph.D. in 1954.

Career

During his postdoctoral research, he became a co-discoverer of DNA polymerase. He taught briefly at Washington University in St. Louis before moving to Stanford in 1959. At Stanford, he served two terms as chair of biochemistry, and became William Hume Professor in 1980.[1]

He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1977,[2] and was president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for 1997.[1]

References
  1. "1997 – I. Robert Lehman", ASBMB Past Presidents, retrieved 2018-11-01
  2. "I. Robert Lehman", Member directory, National Academy of Sciences, retrieved 2018-11-01
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