Terry Richard Light

Background

Light, Terry Richard was born on June 22, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, 1969; Doctor of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, 1973.

Career

Assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1977-1980; assistant professor, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, 1980-1982; associate professor, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, 1982-1988; professor, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, 1988-1990; Doctor William M. Scholl professor, chairman orthopedic surgery and rehab, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, since 1991. Attending surgeon Hines (Illinois) Veterans Administration Hospital., since 1980, Shriner's Hospital, Chicago, since 1981, Foster McGaw Hospital, Maywood, since 1981. Hand consultant Chicago White Sox, since 1986.

Business manager Journal Hand Surgery, since 1995.

Achievements

• Terry Richard Light has been listed as a noteworthy Orthopedic hand surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation, Oak Park, Illinois, 1985-1988, president, 1988-1990. Chairman of the Board Fairfield Public Gallery, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, since 1998. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Orthopaedics Surgeons.

Member American Society for Surgery of Hand (chair Journal Hand Surgery committee since 1995, treasurer-elect), American Association Hand Surgery (board directors 1989-1991), Chicago Society for Surgery of Hand (sec.1985-1987, president-elect 1987-1988, president 1988-1989), Twenty-First Century Orthopaedics Association (president since 1979), Illinois Orthopaedics Society (vice president 1995, president-elect1996, president 1997), Alpha Omega Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: collecting American arts and crafts.