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George L. McLendon became dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences in July 2004. A graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso (BS, magna cum laude, 1972) and Texas A&M University (Ph.D. 1976), he was Russell Wellman Moore Professor and Chair of Chemistry at Princeton University.

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Professor McLendon taught at the University of Rochester, where he chaired the chemistry department, before going to Princeton in 1995. He was a National Science Foundation Fellow, an A.P. Sloan Research Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. He won the 1990 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.

Professor McLendon’s research focuses on the interaction of large biological molecules, electron transfer in chemical and biological systems, and protein chemistry in such processes as apoptosis, the disintegration and eventual death of cells. His research has direct implications for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, AIDS, and other diseases. He founded Tetralogic Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company that works on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, and other biotech startups.

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Durham North Carolina 27708
george.mclendon@duke.edu
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