From the Catalpa Tree to the Elm Tree

About the Book

This book is a quick, fun read in poetic prose that gives insights into the personal life of a Missouri boy who becomes a MD/Biochemist publishing over 130 scientific papers on the biochemistry of Cancer and is presently involved in a great many areas.

About the Author

Ronald Lee Hancock (www.drrlhancock.com) is a M. D. with degrees in Arts and Science, Chemistry, Theoretical Biology, and Mathematics. He was a biochemist at the Ben May Laboratory for cancer research at the University of Chicago, Associate Scientist at the Jackson Laboratory for Genetics and Cancer Research, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine University of Calvary. Was a researcher at the Allie M. Lee Laboratory for Cancer Research in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno.

He is a screenplay writer (four screenplays), biochemist (130 scientific papers published in the field of cancer research), jazz singer (two records) You Tube link Sir Ronald’s Videos, novelist (From an Ensenada Window-Abstract Novel), poet (poems in two publications) artist (paintings, charcoals, lithographs), He is a producer, director, and playwright (“The Pepper Grinder” performed at CommRow, in Reno, NV. On July 29th, 2012.

He has been a farmer, rancher, life scout. merit badge counselor, licensed pilot, ultra runner, and Korean War veteran. He is married with one daughter and one grandson and lives in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is a bio-philosopher , (studied for three years in the graduate department of Philosophy at the University of Nevada, Reno),and is a dual American-Canadian citizen.