Background
Post, Lawrence T. was born on December 25, 1887 in Saint Louis. Son of Martin Hayward and Mary Lawrence (Tyler) Post.
Post, Lawrence T. was born on December 25, 1887 in Saint Louis. Son of Martin Hayward and Mary Lawrence (Tyler) Post.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1909. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1913.
Surgical interneship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1913-1914. Associate surgeon, South. Baltimore Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, 1914-1915. Private practice in Saint Louis, since 1915.
Editor American Journal Opthalmology, since 1924, editor-in-chief, 1931-1940, acting editor-in-chief, 1942-1945.
Professor clinical ophthalmology and head of department, Washington University, 1933-1953. Opthalmologist-in-chief to Barnes Hospital, Saint Louis Children’s Hospital, McMillan Hospital Captain Medical Reserve corpus, United States army, 1917, major, 1919.
Surgical director American Mobile Hospital Northern 4, American Expeditionary Force. Lieutenant colonel Reserve Corps, 1927-1932.
Member Ophthalmological Committee of National Defense Surgical Advisory Committee, 1941.
President Ophthalmic Public Company.
Member Ophthalmological Committee of National Defense Surgical Advisory Committee, 1941. President Ophthalmic Public Company. Fellow American College Surgeons.
Member American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (vice president, 1928, president 1944).
Member Southern Medical Society (past chairman Ophthalmic Section), Saint Louis Medical Society (past chairman Ophthalmological Section). Clubs: University, Saint Louis Country, Round Table (Saint Louis).
Married Bernice Lightner, March 15, 1924. Children: Lawrence Tyler, Junior.