Herbert Stanley Thompson

Background

Thompson, Herbert Stanley was born on June 12, 1932 in Shansi, China. Son of Robert Ernest and Ellen Thompson. came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955.

Education

Student, Methodist College, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1947-1949; Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1961; Master of Sciences, University Iowa, 1966.

Career

Intern, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1961-1962; resident in ophthalmology, U. Iowa, 1962-1966; fellow in pupillography, Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, 1962; fellow in clinical neuro-ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, 1966-1967; professor ophthalmology, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1976-1997; emeritus professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1997; director neuro-ophthalmology unit, U. Iowa, 1967-1997; practice medicine specializing in neuro-ophthalmology, Iowa City, 1967-1997.

Achievements

• Herbert Stanley Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy Neuro-ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1954-1955. Fellow American Academy Ophthalmoogy, North America Neuro-ophthalmological Society. Member Am.Ophthalmol.

Society, Cogan Ophthalmic History Society (Charles Snyder lecturer 1995).

Connections

Married Delores Lucille Johnson, June 27, 1953. Children: Geoffrey, Peter, Kenneth, Philip, Susan.

Father:

Robert Ernest

Mother:

Ellen Thompson

Spouse:

Delores Lucille Johnson

child:

Susan Thompson

child:

Kenneth Thompson

child:

Peter Thompson

child:

Geoffrey Thompson

child:

Philip Thompson