Lacy, Paul E., 1924-2005

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Birth 1924
Death 2005

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American Pathologist.

Paul Eston Lacy received his medical degree (1948) and M. Sc. in Anatomy (1948) from Ohio State University and his Ph.D. in pathology from the Mayo Foundation of the University of Minnesota (1955). He joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in 1956, serving as: instructor, assistant, and associate Professor, 1955-1961; assistant dean, 1959-1961; Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and chairman of the Pathology department, 1961-1985; Robert Kroc professor of Pathology, 1985-1995; emeritus professor of Pathology, 1995-2005. He was also pathologist-in-chief of Barnes and Allied Hospitals and the St. Louis Children's Hospital Hospital, 1961-1985.

Paul E. Lacy was a pioneer in diabetes research and originated islet cell transplants for Type 1 diabetes. -- Obituaries: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 17, 2005 & February 20, 2005; Record, Washington University in St. Louis, February 25, 2005; American Men and Women of Science, 2003.

From the description of Paul E. Lacy papers, 1939-1995. 1939-1995 (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 182632154

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  • Correspondence
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Endocrine glands
  • History
  • Islets of Langerhans
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  • Pathology
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