Claude Alvin Villee

Claude Alvin Villee Jr. was an American biologist and renowned educator at Harvard University, where he taught from 1946 until his retirement as Andelot Professor of Biological Chemistry in 1991. He authored or co-authored 350 publications and wrote a biology textbook that reached eight editions and was translated into six languages. His research focused on hormone synthesis during human fetal development and hormonal effects on metabolism.[1][2][3]