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Hurley Lucille (1922-1988)

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SurnameHurley
NameLucille
Birth year1922
Death year1988
Death month7
Death day28
SexM

Hurley Lucille S. (1922 – 28 July 1988) — scientist. Professor at the University of California.

Lucille S. Hurley was born in Latvia and was taken to the United States in 1925. In 1943, she received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, and in 1950 she defended her doctoral dissertation at University of California, Berkeley. She researched the effects of zinc deficiency during pregnancy. She published more than 400 scientific articles, most of them devoted to prenatal nutrition. She was a member of 11 national and international journals, president of three scientific societies, lecturer at many universities in the United States and abroad, and consultant to governmental and public organisations. She received numerous awards. Mother of two biological and three adopted children.

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