Background
Royster, Lawrence Thomas was born on August 18, 1874 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Lawrence and Alice Josephine (Ridley) Royster.
Royster, Lawrence Thomas was born on August 18, 1874 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Lawrence and Alice Josephine (Ridley) Royster.
Norfolk Academy, 1884-1892. Student of University of Virginia, 1892-1897, Doctor of Medicine 1897. Post-grad work in hospitals and clinics of New York, Boston, Baltimore, etc.
Practiced at Norfolk, 1900-1923. Professor and head department pediatrics, University of Virginia, 1923-1942.
The sole basis for faith is the Bible and it is infallible.
The separation of church and state has guaranteed the diversity of religious expressions and the freedom to worship God according to each person’s conscience. However, separation of church and state permit interaction.
Some personalities are difficult to manage, especially if they are prone to despair. Do not give up on a search of the paths of God, and the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for will be received.
Member State Board of Health, Virginia. Member School Board of Norfolk, 11 years. Member Children’s Code communications of Virginia.
Member American Medical Association (ex-chairman pediatric section), Southern Medical Association (ex-chairman pediatric section), American Pediatric Society, American Anthropol. Society, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Virginia Society of the Cincinnati, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Chi, Sigma Xi.
Spouse Ola Park, December 9, 1903, Washington, D.