Lacy Overby

{{Short description|Virologist (1920–1994)}}

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| birth_date = 27 July 1920

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| fields = Virology

| workplaces = Chiron Corporation

| alma_mater = Vanderbilt University

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| known_for = Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C

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| awards = Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award (1992)

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Lacy Rasco Overby (27 July 1920 – 5 December 1994) was a virologist known for his contributions to Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C research.{{cite web|title=Beyond Hardship, Tragedy and Loss, One Family's Legacy of Hope|url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/arts-and-science/2011-05/beyond-hardship-tragedy-and-loss-one-familys-legacy-of-hope/|website=Vanderbilt University|accessdate=7 October 2016}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Choo QL, Kuo G, Weiner AJ, Overby LR, Bradley DW, Houghton M |title=Isolation of a cDNA clone derived from a blood-borne non-A, non-B viral hepatitis genome |journal=Science |volume=244 |issue=4902 |pages=359–62 |date=April 1989 |pmid=2523562 |doi=10.1126/science.2523562|bibcode=1989Sci...244..359C |citeseerx=10.1.1.469.3592 }}

He earned bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in science and physics at Vanderbilt University (BA, 1941; MS, 1945; PhD, 1951).

He was awarded the Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award of the American Association of Blood Banks in 1992 together with Harvey J. Alter, Daniel W. Bradley, Qui-Lim Choo, Michael Houghton and George Kuo.{{cite web|title=List of Past AABB Award Recipients|url=http://www.aabb.org/about/awards/Pages/recipientspast.aspx|website=AABB|accessdate=4 October 2016}}