Eric Conn Content / Eric Conn Content for °µTV en IN MEMORIAM: Eric Conn and Lesley McAllister /news/memoriam-eric-conn-lesley-mcallister <p>Professor Emeritus Eric E. Conn, a noted plant biochemist who nurtured the °µTV Arborteum’s acacias for scientific as well as aesthetic reasons, died Sept. 2. He was 94.</p> <p>An early leader of °µTV biological science programs, Conn was recognized for his contributions to the understanding of plant metabolism. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1988.</p> September 18, 2017 - 2:23pm Dave Jones /news/memoriam-eric-conn-lesley-mcallister