{"id":7597,"date":"2021-07-09T03:25:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T03:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/downey\/?p=7597"},"modified":"2021-07-09T03:40:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T03:40:33","slug":"wesley-terasaki-class-of-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/downey\/2021\/07\/09\/wesley-terasaki-class-of-1965\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Terasaki, Class of 1965"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wesley&nbsp; graduated from Downey High in 1965. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in biochemistry at the University of Southern California in 1969 and immediately started graduate school there in cellular and molecular biology. USC awarded him his PhD. in 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/downey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/07\/WesleyTerasaki.jpg\" alt=\"WesleyTerasaki\" class=\"wp-image-7620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/downey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/07\/WesleyTerasaki.jpg 249w, https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/downey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/07\/WesleyTerasaki-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He found a research position at the School of Pharmacology at the University of Virginia and conducted research there until 1979. He also taught at the School of Pharmacology. 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