DNA Pioneer Watson to speak at LIU gala
Nobel Prize winner James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, will be the keynote speaker at the LIU Pharmacy (Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) Gala on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel.
Dr. Leon Lachman, chairman of the board of Lachman Consultants, chancellor of LIU Pharmacy and a Long Island University trustee, will be honored with the LIU Pharmacy Lifetime Achievement Award at the event. The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is located on LIU’s Downtown Brooklyn campus.
The funds from the dinner will augment Dr. Lachman’s personal philanthropy of $1 million to establish the Lachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Analysis at LIU, which will support faculty research, foster graduate-level training and provide a venue for industry-supported research.