'Cat Tales - DeJuran Richardson (WCAS81, G83, G87)

DeJuran Richardson earned his BA from The Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences in 1981 and stayed through his PhD in 1987. While still a PhD candidate, he began his teaching career at Lake Forest College. Richardson has successfully fused the roles of full-time liberal arts college math professor with that of a biostatistician as he directs research on cancer, stroke prevention among African Americans, and AIDS.

Lake Forest honored Richardson with the Trustee Award for Teaching Excellence and Research in 2000 and he received an Alumni Merit Award from the NAA at the 2008 Alumni Awards in Chicago.

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Posted: June 24, 2009