Lemuel J. Bowie, PhD (1944–1998)

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I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Lemuel J. Bowie, PhD, on December 25, 1998, in Evanston, Illinois, from cancer. We had been colleagues and family friends for a quarter of a century, and it is difficult to realize that our frequent encounters by telephone and in person have ended. He leaves his vivacious wife, Cheryl, and their wonderful children, Kwame and Shani.Lem was born on April 23, 1944, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he was raised and obtained his education through high school. In 1966, he completed his Bachelor of Science at Xavier University in New Orleans with a specialization in medical technology. He was a part-time graduate student at Howard University Medical School, Washington, DC, before starting on a doctoral program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Lem obtained his PhD in Biochemistry in 1972 with research investigations on bioluminescence.It was at this stage of Lem’s …