Lemuel J. Bowie Young Investigator Award Winners

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 the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) and the Chicago Section.  He served many positions within the Chicago section including Chair and went on to actively participate in the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) at a national and international level culminating in his election as President of ADLM 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 ADLM in the Southern California section and went on to be one of the founding members of the San Diego section of ADLM.  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.

2013 David A. Giljohann

2012 Bara Sarraj

2011 Nikolina Babic

2010 Dimitra Georganopoulou

2009 Ann Tobin

2008 Shannon Haymond

2007 Randal Schneider

2006 Sihe Wang

2005 Run Zhang Shi

2004 Elvan Azime Laheli-Sahin

2003 Matthew Krasowski

2002 Paul Jannetto

2000 Robert Anders

1999 Jack Maggiore

1998 Yi Qian

1997 Demetra Callas

1996 P.L. Reddy

1994 S. Graham

1992 E. Cuevas

1990 Amitava Dasgupta

1989 Robert Williams

1987 Mark Jandreski

1983 F. Wong

1982 P. Covault

1981 R. Berko

1980 James Dohnal

1979 J. Gorsky

1978 Tim Garagher

1977 John Sherwin

1976 James Westgard

1974 R. Obernolte

1973 K. Rost

1972 A. Schultz

1971 S. Lee

1970 B. Song

1969 Tina Lubrano