Adam Wiktor Lis
Biochemist
Born Jan. 5, 1925, Przemysl, Poland; came to U.S., 1947; son of Piotr and Emilia (Samborska); children: Richard, Janina, Victoria.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1949; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1954, Ph.D., 1960, University of California, Berkeley.
Career: lecturer, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1960-62; fellow, National Cancer Institute, University of Uppsala (Sweden), 1962-63; associate prof., Medical School, University of Oregon, Portland, 1963-77; director, Intermediate Metabolism Laboratory, 1977-82, prof., Western Washington University, Bellingham (WA), 1982 -.
Author: founder, editor, Physiolology, Chemistry & Physics, 1969-83.
Member of: British Biochemical Society; American Chemical Society; Biophysics Society; Radiation Research Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (president, Northwest Division, 1975-83).
Honors: N. Copernicus Medal, Jagiellonian University (Poland), 1973.
Served with: Polish Army, 1943-45.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German.
Home: 1117 SE. Umatilla St, Portland, OR 97202.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996