Background
Light, Richard Wayne was born on February 9, 1942 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States.
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Richard Wayne Light
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Bachelor of Science in Engineering Applied Mathematics, U. Colorado, 1964; Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 1968; postgraduate, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Career
Intern, Osler Svc., 1968-1969; resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1969-1970; assistant professor medicine, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, 1974-1977; associate professor medicine, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, 1977-1978; associate professor medicine, University of California, Irvine, 1978-1984; professor medicine, University of California, Irvine, since 1984; assistant dean research, University of California, Irvine, 1985-1993; attending pulmonologist, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, 1974-1978; chief pulmonary diseases, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California, 1978-1986; acting chief staff research and development, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California, 1984-1985; associate chief staff, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California, 1985-1993; chief pulmonary exercise laboratory, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California, since 1983.
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Membership
Major United States Army, 1972-1994. Fellow American College Chest Physicians (program select committee 1981, 82, 83, 84). Member American Thoracic Society (program select committee 1976, 78, 81, 82, 85, 87, 89, representative counselor clinical problems assembly 1980-1981, secretary-treasurer clinical problems assembly 1981-1982, liaison 1985-1988), American Society Clinical Research, Southern Society Clinical Investigation.
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Son of Roland Wayne and Helen Marie (Long) L.;m. Linda Dawson, June 8, 1963 (divorced December 1992). Children: Mark, Sandra.
