ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: LACKNER, ANDREW ALAN 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Bagnell & Sons Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died: Sunday, April 2, 2017

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LACKNER, ANDREW ALAN 
Died: Sun., Apr. 2, 2017

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Dr. Andrew. Lackner, DVM, PhD, DACVP, passed away on April 2, 2017, after a 
long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 57.

Dr. Lackner earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State 
University in 1984, and then received his PhD in Pathology from the University 
of California, Davis, in 1988. He served as Assistant Professor of Biology, and 
Head of the Division of Comparative Pathology at the New Mexico Regional 
Primate Research Laboratory through 1993. He then accepted a position as an 
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, and Chairman, 
Division of Comparative Pathology at the New England Regional Primate Research 
Center through 2001, and was a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary 
Pathology.

In October 2001, Dr. Lackner became the Director and Chief Academic Officer of 
the Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, in Covington, 
Louisiana, and Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology in the 
Tulane School of Medicine. He was named Adjunct Professor, Department of 
Pathological Sciences at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary 
Medicine in 2002.

Much of Dr. Lackner’s research involved HIV, for which he received the 
Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award through the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS 
Foundation.

Dr. Lackner was born in St. Louis, MO, but grew up in New Mexico, a place he 
tried to visit as often as he could. He is survived by his parents, Dr. Henry 
and Judith Lackner, his sister, Jennifer Matheson (Mark), his brother, Dr. 
Jonathan Lackner (Karen), his wife Cathy, their children, Maren Baudet 
(Jérôme), Jacob, and Meghan as well as by nieces, nephews, and two 
grandchildren.

His great loves, outside of his incredible body of work, were his family, 
traveling, and his 1967 Ford Mustang. He believed that you could only truly be 
a part of the world if you went out and saw as much of it as you could. He was 
remembered at a memorial for family and friends at St. Timothy’s United 
Methodist Church in Mandeville, Louisiana. His life and contributions to his 
field were celebrated at a memorial at the Tulane National Primate Research 
Center in Covington, Louisiana. He was lauded for his brilliance, his 
foresight, and his mentoring of other researchers. He never strove to be in the 
spotlight. Despite his remarkable achievements, when he introduced himself, he 
simply said, “my name is Andrew Lackner and I work at the Primate Center.” He 
will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

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