Background
Ritchie, Lawrence Starr was born on December 9, 1906 in Glenvil, Nebraska, United States. Son of Garfield R. and Bertha (Starr) Ritchie.
Ritchie, Lawrence Starr was born on December 9, 1906 in Glenvil, Nebraska, United States. Son of Garfield R. and Bertha (Starr) Ritchie.
AB, Grand Island College, Nebraska, 1928. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1936.
Assistant professor Woman's College, University North Carolina, 1936—1944. Research parasitologist United States Army Laboratory, Tokyo, 1946—1956, United States Army Tropical Research Medical Laboratory, San Juan, 1956—1966, Puerto Rico Nuclear Center, San Juan, 1966—1973. Director Puerto Rico Nuclear Center, 1973—1976.
Consultant World Health Organization. Schistosomiasis delegate China. 1st lieutenant Sanitary Corporation United States Army, 1944-1947.
Active Presbyterian Church. Member Numerous Civic Organizations. Chairman board Fish Knox County, Tennessee, 1980—1982, Contact, 1982—1984.
Member of American Society Parasitologists, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Married Ethel Allen, January 2, 1932. Children: Glennys Ann, Carolyn Starr, Ann Elizabeth.