Professor Kirschner has an experience of more than forty years of teaching and research in the field of Biochemistry and physiology. He got his Ph.D. degree in Physiology from the University of Wisconsin in 1951, worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Copenhagen for two years. From 1953 on, he has worked in WSU as professor of physiology. He is well known in his field and has published very frequently (more than 70 articles and many chapters of textbooks). He has also given lectures at various universities in the United States as well as many European countries. He was the chairman of the Department of Zoology for some time, and served on various committees at other times. Professor Kirschner retired from WSU in 1993.
From the guide to the Leonard B. Kirschner Papers, 1951-1993, (Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
