Article: Leon Le Beau, 84, U. of I. medical prof, microbiology lab chief Taught generations of doctors, dentists in Chicago

Microbiologist Leon J. Le Beau worked on the frontiers of medicine in ways that ranged from peering through a microscope in Chicago to jumping aboard government helicopters to fight a cholera epidemic in Thailand.

He taught microbiology, pathology and medical photography for 40 years at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, now part of the University of Illinois at Chicago. He taught himself how to photograph germs through a microscope, often having to improvise the necessary equipment.

A passionate cook, when he had a heart attack at 72 he became a disciple of Dr. Dean Ornish, who started the fat-free food movement for heart patients. Mr. Le Beau invented or revised his own ...

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