Background
Monninger, Robert Harold George was born on November 5, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis Robert and Katherine (Lechner) Monninger.
Monninger, Robert Harold George was born on November 5, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis Robert and Katherine (Lechner) Monninger.
Associate of Arts, North Park College, 1939. Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1941. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1945.
Doctor of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, 1953. Doctor of Science (honorary), Loyola University, Chicago, 1968.
Intern, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, 1953-1954;
resident, Presbyterian-St. Luke's, University of Illinois Research and Eye, Virginia hospitals, 1954-1957;
member leadership council, Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center
instructor chemistry, Lake Forest College, Illinois, 1946-1947;
instructor biochemistry, physiology, Loyola University Dental School, 1948-1949;
clinical associate professor ophthalmology, Stritch School Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, 1957-1972;
practice medicine specializing in ophthalmology, Lake Forest, since 1957;
clinical professor ophthalmology, Finch U. Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School. Guest lecturer numerous universities medical centers United States, Canada, Europe, Central and South America, Orient. Resident lecturer Klinikum der Goethe-Universitat, Federal Republic Germany, 1981.
Member panel National Disease and Therapeutic Index. Consultant Draize eve toxicity test revision Department of Health, Education and Welfare, consultant research pharmaceutical companies National Association Smithsonian Institution. Board directors Eye Rehabilitation and Research Foundation.
Postgraduate faculty International Glaucoma Congress. Lecturer Hopital Dieu, Paris. Lecturer postgraduate courses for developing nations physicians World Health Organization.
Life member Postgraduate School Medicine U. Vienna. Consultant National.Acad. Science; advisory board Madera Del Rio Foundation.
Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1941-1944. Fellow International College Surgeons (postgraduate faculty continuing education), American College Angiology, Oxford Ophthalmological Congress and Society (lecturer 1960-1961), Royal Society Health, International Academy Cosmetic Surgery (editorial board), Sociedad Mexicana Ortopedia (honorary), C. Puestow Surgical Society. Member AAAs, International Society Geography Ophthalmology (program course coordinator, lecturer ocular electrophysiology VI International Congress, Rio de Janiero), Pan American Association Ophthalmology, Association for Research Ophthalmology, American Association Ophthalmology, American Society Contemporary Ophthalmology, International Glaucoma Society, Illinois Society for Medical Research, Illinois Association Ophthalmology, International Society clinical electrophysiology of Vision (honorary, lecturer 1978), Brazilian Society Ophthalmology (honorary correspondent), German Ophthalmological Society, International Federation Clinical Chemists (lecturer), Primum Forum Ophthalmologicum (lecturer), European Ophthalmological Society (lecturer), International Congress Anatomists (lecturer), Association des Diabetologues Francise (lecturer), German Society for Internal Medicine (lecturer), Metropolitan Opera Guild, Federation American Scientists, New York Academy of Sciences, Illinois Academy of Sciences, American Association of University Professors, National Society Literature and Arts, National History Society, Rush Medical School-Presbyterian St. Luke's Alumni Association, Sociedad Poblana Oftalmologia (honorary, silver placue, commemorative prestige lecturer 1982) (Mexico), International Platform Association, Cousteau Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Beta Pi, Theta Kappa Psi.
Married Anna Evelyn Turnen, September 1, 1944. Children– Carl John William, Peter Louis Philip.