Allen Lein

Allen Lein (April 15, 1913, in New York City, New York – March 26, 2003, in Austin, Texas) was an endocrinologist and medical school professor. He was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1958–1959.

Education Lein was a student at the University of Chicago For the academic year 1954–1955, he was on sabbatical at Caltech, where he worked with Linus Pauling For the academic year 1958–1959 Lein was a Guggenheim Fellow at the Laboratoire de Biochimie, Collège de France.

Lein stayed in La Jolla and remained active in teaching and research for many years after his formal retirement. Shortly before he died of a heart attack in 2003, he and his wife moved to Texas to be near their daughter.

Upon his death he was survived by his widow, a daughter, a son, and three grandchildren.

Selected publications