McDOWELL, L(ee) R(ussell) 1941-

PERSONAL:

Born April 11, 1941, in Lyons, NY; son of Russell Gale (a farmer) and Ida (a homemaker; maiden name, Lee) McDowell; married Lorraine Worden, June, 1965; children: Suzannah McDowell Huttengs, Joanna, Teresa McDowell Ingly. Ethnicity: "English-Scots, Irish, German." Education: Alfred Agricultural and Technical School, A.A.S., 1961; University of Georgia, B.A., M.S., 1965. Politics: "Conservative." Religion: Methodist. Hobbies and other interests: History of nutrition.

ADDRESSES:

Home—5805 Southwest 177th St., Archer, FL 32618. Office—Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110910, Gainesville, FL 32611-0910; fax: 352-392-7652. E-mail—mcdowell@animal.ufl.edu.

CAREER:

Educator and author. University of Florida, Gainesville, professor of animal nutrition, 1971—. Consultant to Hoffman-LaRoche and International Minerals.

MEMBER:

American Society of Animal Science (fellow), American Society of Dairy Science.

AWARDS, HONORS:

International awards from American Society of Animal Science, 1988, and American Society of Dairy Science.

WRITINGS:

Nutrition of Grazing Ruminants in Warm Climates, Academic Press (San Diego, CA), 1985.

Vitamins in Animal Nutrition: Comparative Aspects to Human Nutrition, Academic Press (San Diego, CA), 1989, second edition published as Vitamins in Animal and Human Nutrition, University of Iowa Press (Iowa City, IA), 2000.

Minerals in Animal and Human Nutrition, Academic Press (San Diego, CA), 1992.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

BioScience, October, 1990, Margie Lee Gallagher, review of Vitamins in Animal Nutrition: Comparative Aspects to Human Nutrition, p. 693.