Background
Brown, Edward Vail Lapham was born on August 15, 1876 in Morrison, Illinois, United States. Son of George H. and Margaret (Lapham) Brown.
Brown, Edward Vail Lapham was born on August 15, 1876 in Morrison, Illinois, United States. Son of George H. and Margaret (Lapham) Brown.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1902. Doctor of Medicine Hahnemann Medical College, 1897. Post-graduate work, Berlin and Vienna.
Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College, 1898.
Interne Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1899. Attending oculist, Presbyterian Hospital, 1900-1917, and since 1942, Cook County Hospital, 1913-1919. Assistant professor of eye pathology, University of Chicago, 1907-1917.
Assistant professor ophthalmology, Rush Medical College, 1907-1917.
Professor ophthalmology and head of department, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1917-1926. Professor ophthalmology University of Chicago, 1926-1942.
Rush professor of ophthalmology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1942-1946. Director Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Hadley Correspondence School for the Blind.
Trustee, Provident Hospital.
Member of Provident Medical Associations (president), American Medical Association, American Ophthalmological Society, Chicago Ophthalmological Society, Institute of Medicine, Chicago. Clubs: University, Quadrangle, Indian Hill, Arts.
Married Frieda Muench Kirchoff, August 10, 1912. Children: Edward Kirchoff, Bradford Barnes, Nancy, Donald Augustus Kirchoff, David Vail Lapham.