The Chicago Section’s Young Investigator Award is named in honor of Lemuel J. Bowie, Ph.D.  Dr. Bowie was a long time active member of AACC and the Chicago Section.  He served many positions within the Chicago section including Chair and went on to actively participate in AACC at a national and international level culminating in his election as President of AACC in 1993.  Dr. Bowie was a native of Mississippi who received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Johns Hopkins University.  He moved on to California and became an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Pathology at the University of California, San Diego and Assistant Chief of Clinical Chemistry at the VA Medical Center.  He started participation in AACC in the Southern California section and went on to be one of the founding members of the San Diego section of AACC.  In the late 70’s Dr. Bowie moved to the Chicago area to become Director of the Division of Clinical Biochemistry at Evanston Hospital.  He progressed in his endeavors to become a Professor of Pathology at Northwestern University, a Faculty Advisor in the Biotechnology Graduate Program, Associate Chairman of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of Clinical Laboratories and Director of the Division of Clinical Pathology at Evanston Hospital.  Dr. Bowie also served on the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, was a member of the FDA’s Clinical Chemistry Advisory Panel and a member of CDC’s CLIAC.  Those who were fortunate enough to know Dr. Bowie found him to be a gentle and giving individual who had great interest in clinical chemistry and pathology as well as advising and mentoring students and those entering the field.