Background
Lawrence, Merle was born on December 26, 1915 in Remsen, New York, United States. Son of George William and Alice Rutherford (Bowne) Lawrence.
Lawrence, Merle was born on December 26, 1915 in Remsen, New York, United States. Son of George William and Alice Rutherford (Bowne) Lawrence.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1941 at Princeton University under the supervision of Doctor East. Glen Wever where the work on vertebrate hearing by Doctor Wever inspired Doctor Lawrence to undertake the research as a lifelong study.
National Research Council fellow Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1941. Assistant professor psychology Princeton University, 1946-1950, associate professor, 1950-1952. Associate researcher Lempert Institute Otology, New York City, 1946-1952.
Associate professor department otolaryngology Medical School University Michigan, 1952-1957, professor otolaryngology, 1957-1985, professor emeritus, from 1985, professor psychology College Literature Science and Arts, from 1957. Research associate Institute Industrial Health, from 1952. Director Kresge Hearing Research Institute, 1961-1983.
Retired
Member science review board Deafness Research Foundation, 1960—1966, 1982—1984, National Advisory Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Council, 1976—1979. Member communicative disorders research training committee National Institute Neurological Diseases and Blindness, 1961—1965. Consultant Surgeon General United States Army Office Aviation Medicine, 1963—1970.
Member communicative science study section division research grants National Institutes of Health, 1965—1969, chairman, 1967—1969, member communicative disorders review committee, 1972—1976. Naval aviator United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1946, PTO, naval aviator United States Naval Reserve, 1950-1951, Korea.
Served as naval aviator United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1946, 50-51, PTO. Served as naval aviator United States Naval Reserve, Korean conflict, PTO. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Otosclerosis Study Group, American Laryngol., Rhinolog. and Otolaryngol. Society, Acoustical Society American.
Member Michigan Acoustical Society (president 1956), American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (Merit award 1965), American Otological Society (Merit award 1967, consultant board of trustees research fund, guest of honor 1986), Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum, Society U. Otolaryngologists, Association Research Otolaryngology (Merit award 1979), American Auditory Society (county 1978-1982), Walter P. Work Society, American Tinnitus Association, Quarter Century Wireless Association.
Married Roberta Ashby Taylor Harper, August 8, 1942. Children— Linda Alice, Roberta Harper Lawrence Henderson, James Bowne.