>In the field I work/study in, there is this very prominent professor at
>Stanford who just had a sex change this year and went from being Jonathan
>Roughgarden to Joan Roughgarden. In her picture, it looks pretty
>convincing too. She's published so much and is the leader in her field,
>and I heard she may even be a dean?? Anyway... she's probably the most
>high level person I've ever heard of who has done this.
In economics, there was the celebrated case of Donald McCloskey, who became Deirdre. I defer to the economists on the list to evaluate his/her level in the profession.
Doug