Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Lee Lee Kountz ʻOkakopa 20, 1930 ma Lexa, Arkansas. Ma 1952 ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna aʻo ʻana ma ke Kula ʻo Ka Mahiai a me nā Mīkini ma ke Kulanui o Arkansas. Ua hōʻole ʻia kāna noi no ke komo ʻana i ke Kula Lapaʻau o Ke Kulanui o Arkansas ma Little Rock a ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kahi Ke Kelekema ma ka Kulanui o Fayetteville, North Carolina. Ma o kānaʻoihana, ua loaʻa iā ia ke kulanui ma ke Kulanuiʻo Arkansas no nā KaukaʻEpekema kahi i lilo aiʻo ia i Black mua e komo ai i kēia keʻena.
Ma hope o kona doctorate, oia hui San Francisco no konaʻoki lāʻau lapaʻau haʻawina, kahi ia me Dr. Cohn, he paionia i ka hui, transplantation. Together ka mea, hoʻomaopopo i ka hakuʻala transplant 1ère ole e pili ana i mau māhoe i loko o 1961, ma hope o ia o ka Necker Halemai Moiwahine ma Paris i no'ālike mau māhoe'anetelope lāua. Dr. Kountz i ike ia methylprednisolone, he steroid, nui ho'ēmi i kā ka pilikia o rejection o ka hui, transpanté, a me ka relocation o ka hakuʻala, mai ka lua o kona mau pou, a hiki aku i kekahi PAaIEN nā hōʻailona ke hōʻole i ka maʻi i hoʻouluʻia e hoʻonui i ka pilikino kūpono. Ua Ua hoi ulu i keʻano hana, e malama i ka hakuʻala no ma 50 hola. Kona noiʻi, e hiki e ka mea e hiki ai i ka transplantion hakuʻala, mai ka 'ole-lālā' ohana kanaka transplanted.
He mea kōkuaʻole i ka mea hāʻawi i ke kīpuni, e heleʻo ia e hana i ka mea i hanaʻia i mua o nā kāmela no ia mea a loaʻa iā 20 000 mau haʻawina hāʻawi. Ua liloʻo ia i loio a he poʻokela poʻokela no nā halemai kaulana o US a ua hoʻokumu i ka pūnaewele noiʻi nui i kāpili i ka US ma San Francisco.
I loko o ka nohoʻana ma'Akelika Hema i 1977, hoʻomakaʻo ia i kahi maʻi neuropiliʻole eʻikeʻoleʻia aiʻole e hōʻeha ai i ke kino a me ke kino. E nohoʻo ia i ke koena o kona ola ma kahi moe, hikiʻole ke kamaʻilio a make i ka 51 makahiki ma 1981 i New York.
ʻO keʻano o ka hanaʻana, ka mālamaʻana i nā hōʻailona, ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka steroid a iʻole ka hoʻoneʻeʻana,ʻo nā hopena o kāna noiʻi e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā pokapū transplant a pau ma ka honua. E loaʻa iā Professor Samuel Kountz i nā hōʻailona he nui i kona manawa e ola ana, a ua kapaʻiaʻo ia ma ka inoaʻo kahi haʻawina haʻawinaʻAmelikaʻAmelika e ka BlackACAC o ka'ahaʻele.
