Obituaries : Lucille H. Thompson; UC Davis Researcher Was Nutrition Expert
Lucille S. Hurley Thompson, a nutrition scholar whose research linked some dietary deficiencies of expectant mothers with birth defects, has died at age 66. The UC Davis professor died Thursday morning in a Sacramento hospital after open heart surgery.
Beginning in the 1950s, she studied the effects of the trace metals manganese, zinc, magnesium, iron and copper on fetal development. During her career, she received two Guggenheim Fellowships, five visiting scholar appointments abroad and numerous nutrition research awards.
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