Background
Young, Lawrence Eugene was born on March 18, 1913 in Waterville, Ohio, United States. Son of William Edward and Ruth Elizabeth (Farnsworth) Young.
Young, Lawrence Eugene was born on March 18, 1913 in Waterville, Ohio, United States. Son of William Edward and Ruth Elizabeth (Farnsworth) Young.
Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1935. Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio Wesleyan University, 1967. Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester, 1939.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical College Ohio, Toledo, 1977.
Intern medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1939-1940;
assistant resident medicine, chief resident, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1940-1943;
assistant physician, associate physician, physician-in-chief, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1943-1944, 46-74;
assistant bacteriology, assistant medicine, Johns Hopkins School Hygiene & Public Health Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1941-1942;
instructor medicine, U. Rochester School Medicine, 1942-1944, 46-47;
assistant professor, U. Rochester School Medicine, 1948-1949;
associate professor, U. Rochester School Medicine, 1950-1957;
Dewey professor, chairman medicine, U. Rochester School Medicine, 1957-1974;
director associate hospitals program in internal medicine, U. Rochester School Medicine, 1974-1978;
professor medicine emeritus, U. Rochester School Medicine, since 1978. Member commission on blood National Research Council, Washington, 1950-1953. Member hematology study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1953-1957.
Distinguished visiting professor internal medicine U. South Florida College Medicine, Tampa, since 1978. Board directors Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978-1981.
Lieutenant Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow International Society Hematology. Member American College of Physicians (life, master, governor upstate New York 1958-1960, regent 1972-1978, vice president 1976-1977), American Society Hematology, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Federation Clinical Research, Association Professors Medicine (president 1966-1967, Robert H. Williams Distinguished Chairman Medicine award 1976), Association American Physicians (president 1973-1974), Ohio Wesleyan Alumni Association (distinguished achievement award 1990).
Married Martha Annette Briggs, May 25, 1940. Children: Carolyn, Beverly, Marjorie, Anderson.