Professor Lowell P. Hager, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2014 at the age of 87.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday April 19, 2014 from 1-1:30 pm at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, Urbana with a reception to follow.

Lowell was an internationally recognized enzymologist and protein chemist best known for his fundamental studies on halogenating enzymes and heme peroxidases that are widespread throughout biology. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1947 at Valparaiso University in Indiana, a master's degree in 1950 from the University of Kansas, and his Ph.D. in 1953 in the laboratory of I.C. "Gunny" Gunsalus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, after which he did postdoctoral studies with Fritz Lipmann at Harvard Medical School. He joined the faculty in Chemistry at Harvard in 1955 but returned to the University of Illinois to join the faculty in 1960, where he remained for the rest of his highly productive career. From 1967 to 1969 he served as Head of the Division of Biochemistry, and from 1969 to 1988 he was the first Head of the Department of Biochemistry. The newly-formed Department flourished under his cheerful and energetic leadership, which is fondly remembered by former students and faculty. Professor Hager also served as the Director of the Biotechnology Center, the Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program, and he founded Chirazyme Labs. Among his many awards and honors, Professor Hager was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1995, and was the inaugural recipient of the William Rutter Chair in Biochemistry in 1996.

> He was born in 1926, raised in a small town of Hepler in southeastern Kansas. He was married in 1948 to Frances Faye Erea who passed away in 2003. He is survived by his children Paul, Steven and Jo Ann and his 6 grandchildren Stuart, Emily, Allison, Amy, Brave and Dune. He was much loved for his generosity and kindness and will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Univeristy of Illinois or Valpariso University.