Jack Pierce
Jack Pierce (Ph.D. Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1968) Professor
of Biology & McGaw Chair of Health Sciences.
Professor Pierce has been a member of the Austin College
faculty since 1967. Currently he teaches upper level courses in Comparative
Vertebrate Anatomy and Developmental Biology in addition to serving as Director
of the Health Sciences Program. Dr. Pierce has been active in the state health
science advisor's organization (TAAHP), serving as Secretary-Treasurer (1991-93)
and as President (1994). Dr. Pierce spends two months each summer conducting
research at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center. His
research interests deal with characterization of parasitic infections of marine
crabs, clams, and fishes.
