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James Lynn Larimer

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James Lynn Larimer

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3 Jul 2007 (aged 75)
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Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Austin American-Statesman (TX) - Friday, July 6, 2007
Deceased Name: James Larimer
James L. Larimer, 75, of Austin, died Tuesday, July 3, 2007. He was born in Johnson City, Tennessee on January 7, 1932. He received his undergraduate degree from East Tennessee State University in 1953, his M.A. from the University of Virginia in 1954, and his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1959. He joined the University of Texas faculty as an Assistant Professor of Zoology in 1959, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1964, and did postdoctoral work as a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow at Stanford University in 1967-68. He became a Full Professor at the University of Texas in 1968, where he remained until his retirement in 2005. Dr. Larimer's primary area of research was neurophysiology. Among his awards were a Jacob Javits Award in Neuroscience from NIH, and a teaching award from the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas. He authored numerous publications including a textbook on animal physiology, and he was a member of many university and national committees. Dr. Larimer was an enthusiastic lifelong naturalist. His hobbies included gardening, woodworking, bird-watching and watercolor painting.

Dr. Larimer is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Bret Larimer and Laura Albornoz, of Lakewood, Colorado, and their children, Nicolas and Juliana; his daughter and son-in-law, Linda Larimer and Bob Faucher, of Boise, Idaho, and their children, Madeleine, Sam, Ian and Paul; and his brother Victor Larimer, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home. Following the visitation a memorial service will be held at 5:00 p.m. in the chapel.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the National Audubon Society, Department W, 700 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.
Austin American-Statesman (TX) - Friday, July 6, 2007
Deceased Name: James Larimer
James L. Larimer, 75, of Austin, died Tuesday, July 3, 2007. He was born in Johnson City, Tennessee on January 7, 1932. He received his undergraduate degree from East Tennessee State University in 1953, his M.A. from the University of Virginia in 1954, and his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1959. He joined the University of Texas faculty as an Assistant Professor of Zoology in 1959, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1964, and did postdoctoral work as a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow at Stanford University in 1967-68. He became a Full Professor at the University of Texas in 1968, where he remained until his retirement in 2005. Dr. Larimer's primary area of research was neurophysiology. Among his awards were a Jacob Javits Award in Neuroscience from NIH, and a teaching award from the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas. He authored numerous publications including a textbook on animal physiology, and he was a member of many university and national committees. Dr. Larimer was an enthusiastic lifelong naturalist. His hobbies included gardening, woodworking, bird-watching and watercolor painting.

Dr. Larimer is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Bret Larimer and Laura Albornoz, of Lakewood, Colorado, and their children, Nicolas and Juliana; his daughter and son-in-law, Linda Larimer and Bob Faucher, of Boise, Idaho, and their children, Madeleine, Sam, Ian and Paul; and his brother Victor Larimer, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home. Following the visitation a memorial service will be held at 5:00 p.m. in the chapel.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the National Audubon Society, Department W, 700 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.


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