Background
Lawwill, Theodore was born on October 16, 1937 in Chattanooga. Son of Stewart and Sue (Frierson) Lawwill.
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Theodore Lawwill
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Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1958; Doctor of Medicine Vanderbilt University, 1961.
Career
Intern, U. Iowa Hospitals, 1961-1962; resident ophthalmology (National Institutes of Health trainee), University of Illinois, 1963-1964; National Institutes of Health trainee in ophthalmology, University of Illinois, 1965-1966; research associate, National Institutes of Health fellow department ophthalmology, U. Iowa, 1964-1965; research ophthalmologist, Walter Reed Army Institute Research faculty member ophthalmology service, Walter Reed Army Hospital, 1966-1968; assistant professor ophthalmology, associate in physiology and biophysics, U. Louisville, 1968-1970; associate professor ophthalmology, associate in physiology and biophysics, U. Louisville, 1970-1973; associate professor ophthalmology, associate in physiology and biophysics, associate in pediatrics, U. Louisville, 1973-1977; professor ophthalmology, associate in physiology and biophysics, associate in pediatrics, U. Louisville, 1978-1980; director ophthalmology children's division, Norton-Children's Hospitals, Inc., 1971-1980; professor, department chairman ophthalmology, U. Kansas, since 1980; Adjunct Professor physiology, U. Iowa, since 1981. Member commission on vision NAS-National Research Council.
Achievements
Membership
Captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1966-1968. Fellow American College of Surgeons (board regents since 1992), American Ophthalmol. Society, American Academy Ophthalmology.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, International Society Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (vice president), International Strabismol. Association, Optical Society American, m. Association Pediatric Ophthalmoloy and Strabismus, Association University professors of Ophthalmology, Kansas State Ophthalmol.
Society, Kansas Medical Society, Kansas City Society Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Carriage Club.
Connections
Married Charlene Lascody, May 25, 1963. Children: Joseph Charles, Andrea.
