Alice M. Laskey
Alice M. Laskey | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1906 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | November 22, 1998 (aged 92) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota Georgetown University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | National Institutes of Health |
Alice M. Laskey (c. 1906 - November 22, 1998) was a U.S. Naval Officer and biochemist and who worked in the National Institutes of Health division of research grants and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She was a lieutenant commander during World War II.
Life
Laskey was born in Duluth, Minnesota.[1] She graduated from University of Minnesota.[1] In the 1930s, Laskey was a medical technician and later biochemist at the Veterans Administration Hospital laboratories at Fort Snelling, Dwight, Illinois, and Long Island.[1] She completed a master's degree in biochemistry at Georgetown University.[1] Laskey was a lieutenant commander who served in WAVES and was stationed at the National Naval Medical Center.[2][1]
After World War II, Laskey joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She was a chemist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).[2] At this time, she notably assisted in research on thyrotropin[3]. In 1963, she left the NIH division of research grants (DRG) to return to NIAID and the United States National Library of Medicine.[2] Laskey returned to DRG 's research documentation section in the statistics and analysis branch in 1965.[2] She was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2] She served as president of the D.C. chapter of the National Graduate Women of Science.[2][1] In 1970, Laskey retired from her position as a supervisory scientific reference analyst after forty years of working for the U.S. Federal Government.[2]
Laskey died November 22, 1998, at the age of 92 in Bethesda, Maryland due to diabetes-related complications.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Obituary". Washington Post. 1998-11-26. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Alice M. Laskey Retires from Federal Service" (PDF). NIH Record. April 14, 1970. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-10-08. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Bates, Robert W.; Cornfield, Jerome; Laskey, Alice M.; Howard, Tulane B. (1 February 1957). "AN IMPROVED ASSAY METHOD FOR THYROTROPHIN USING DEPLETION OF I 131 FROM THE THYROID OF DAY-OLD CHICKS". Endocrinology. 60 (2): 225–238. doi:10.1210/endo-60-2-225. ISSN 0013-7227.