From the LATIMES, 2-01-02

LATIES, George Glusnanok 
Jan 17, 1920--Jan. 28, 2002

He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years Betsy; his brothers Dr. Victor Laties of Rochester, N.Y., Dr. Allan Laties of Philadelphia, PA and David Laties of Kingston, N.Y

He was a graduate of Townsend Harris High School in New York City and received his B.S. in 1941 from Cornell University. He went on to obtain a Masterís degree in plant physiology and biochemistry at the University of Minnesota in 1942 and ultimately, a Ph.D. in plant physiology in 1947 at the University of California at Berkeley.His Berkeley experience was interrupt‚ed by a stint in the U.S. Navy as a radar technician aboard a mine sweeper in the China Sea. Upon finishing at Berkeley, he went on intermittently over a 12 year period to be a Fellow and Senior Fellow in biology at Caltech, interspersed with a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship at the University of Sheffield and Cambridge University in England and a 3 year period at the University of Michigan.

In 1959 he became associate professor of plant physiology at U.C.L.A. in the enriching presence of Professor Jacob Biale. He later became professor of plant physiology in the Dept. of Botany and ultimately, professor in the Dept. of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology where he served until retirement. In 1966-1967 he enjoyed a year as a Guggenheim fellow in the biochemistry section of the CSIRO in Canberra, Australia. He has had post-doctoral fellows working in his lab from England, France, Germany, Israel, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia and Japan and many of the states.