Lester Packer

Lester on his last visit to Cambridge.

I was a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley from the years 1974 to 1980, and I was in the Comparative Biochemistry program. All of my laboratory work was in the Department of Nutritional Sciences. Prof. Lester Packer was my advisor for the Comparative Biochemistry Program, and my actual laboratory research was in E.L.R Stokstad's laboratory (my work was on the vitamins, folic acid and vitamin B12). Since my work was in the Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, I was aware that other graduate...

To Anne, whom I saw at numerous meetings and at your lovely home, and to your children:

I never called him Les--always Lester or Dr. Packer--yet he always called me "Tony" even though I always called myself "Anthony". :)

I read an article by Les in the early 1980's, discussing free radicals and exercise. Instantly I knew I wanted to go to Cal for my Masters degree in Nutritional Sciences. It was the only school I applied to, and I was the only nutrition grad student who was in...

When someone you love becomes a memory, The Memory becomes a Treasure