Background
Glass, Laurel Ellen was born on October 1, 1923 in Selma, California, United States. Daughter of Sydney L. and Marie (Damron) Glass.
educator gerontologist physician developmental biologist
Glass, Laurel Ellen was born on October 1, 1923 in Selma, California, United States. Daughter of Sydney L. and Marie (Damron) Glass.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke U., 1958; Doctor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco, 1974.
Teaching assistant zoology, Duke U., 1953-1956;
research associate Pathology Research Laboratory, Medical Research division Veterans Administration Hospital., Durham, North Carolina, 1957-1958;
instructor department anatomy, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1958-1961;
assistant professor, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1961-1966;
associate professor, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1968-1972;
professor, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1972-1989;
professor emeritus, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, since 1989;
professor psychiatry, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1984-1989;
professor emeritus, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, since 1989;
director Center on Deafness, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1984-1989;
Adjunct Professor family and community medicine, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1983-1989;
director project on adaptation to adult onset hearing loss, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1989-1992. Member San Francisco advising committee Child Health and Disability Prevention Program, 1974-1979. Member Executive Committee, board directors Mission Neighborhood Health Center, 1974-1977.
Member medical advising committee Coalition for Medical Rights of Women, 1974-1987. Member of advisory board P.R. Organisation Women Health Education Project, 1976-1978. Vice president Developmental Disabilities Programs, Inc., 1976-1987.
Member education commission National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Ocean View-Merced Heights Community Stabilization and Improvement Project, Executive Committee Ocean View-Ingleside District Council, Bay Area Social Planning Council, 1969-1973, advisory council National Center for Vision and Aging, 1986-1994. Board directors Service Committee on Public Education, 1963-1966, Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1965-1973, Deaf Counseling, Advisory and Referral Agency (DCARA), 1985-1986, Hearing Society for the Bay Area, Inc., 1984-1986, 93-96. Trustee Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc., 1986-1989, Glide Foundation, 1966-1975, Gallaudet U., Washington, 1986-1999.
Board of Governors Public Advisers Inc., 1975-1979. Member San Francisco Board Education, 1967-1971, president, 1969. Regent Lone Mountain College, 1973-1976.
President United Methodist Congress of the Deaf, 1993-1999. Member American Association Anatomists, Gerontological Society American, American Society on Aging, Self Help for Hard-of-Hearing People, Inc., Association Late Deafened Adults, American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.