Background
Tyner, George S. was born on October 9, 1916 in Omaha. Son of George S. and Ethel (Holmquist) Tyner.
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George S. Tyner
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Education
Bachelor of Science, University Nebraska, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, University Nebraska, 1942. M. Medical Science, University Pennsylvania, 1952.
Postgraduate, Texas Technology University, 1973.
Career
Intern, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1942-1943; resident in ophthalmology, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1947-1948; research fellow, resident in ophthalmology, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1948-1951; assistant instructor, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1948-1952; practice medicine specializing in ophthalmology, Denver, 1952-1961; with, U. Colorado, 1952-1971; assistant clinical professor, U. Colorado, 1952-1961; chief glaucoma clinic, U. Colorado, 1953-1961; associate professor ophthalmology, U. Colorado, 1964-1971; associate professor, preventive medicine, U. Colorado, 1968-1971; associate dean, U. Colorado, 1963-1971; professor ophthalmology, Texas Technology U., Lubbock, since 1971; professor preventive medicine and community health, Texas Technology U., 1973; professor psychiatry, Texas Technology U., 1974; associate dean administration, Texas Technology U., 1971-1972; department chairman ophthalmology, Texas Technology U., 1971-1974; associate dean education and student affairs, Texas Technology U., 1973-1974; dean School Medicine, Texas Technology U., 1974-1981; dean emeritus, Texas Technology U., since 1981.
Achievements
Membership
Director Colorado chapter Society Prevention of Blindness, 1961-1966. Board directors, 1st vice president Lubbock Council on Alcoholism, 1973-1974. Member Colorado State Board Basic Science Examiners, 1962-1967.
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1947. American College of Surgeons fellow. Member American Medical Association, Colorado Medical Society, Denver Medical Society (past president), American Association Ophthalmology (trustee since 1961), Colorado Ophthalmological Society (past president), Association University Professors Ophthalmology, New York Academy of Sciences, American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Texas Medical Association, American Medical Association, American Medical Society on Alcoholism, National Council on Alcoholism, Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Jean Walt, June 13, 1942. Children— Holly Jean, Helen Tyner Thompson.
