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Darrell Bernard Lemaire (born August 28, 1926) is an American mining engineer, inventor, organic chemist, author and psychedelic drug researcher. He is known for his work on substituted phenethylamines, his research published under the pseudonyms "Lazar" and "Hosteen Nez".

Life and Career
Lemaire was born in Reno Nevada. During his childhood he spent his summers with his grandparents, where he learned mining skills from his grandfather's mining prospects. He spent two years in the Navy in 1945. Lemaire later went on to earn a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Nevada, where he taught the subject briefly before earning a Master's degree in metallurgical engineering from the Mackay School of Mines. In the mid-1950s he went on to operate a portable milling plant, which he designed, before selling the device.