William Edmund Lassiter

Background

Lassiter, William Edmund was born on July 21, 1927 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Leroy Irving and Annie Elizabeth (Cummings) Lassiter.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Harvard University, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1954.

Career

Medical residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1954-1956; medical residency, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1956-1957; research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, 1957-1958; research fellow, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1958-1960; instructor, associate professor, U. North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1960-1970; professor medicine, U. North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1970-1993; emeritus, U. North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, since 1993. Study section member National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1973, 78-82.

Achievements

• William Edmund Lassiter has been listed as a noteworthy Internist educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Fellow American College Physicians. Member American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Society Nephrology, American Physiological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Diane Irving, June 30, 1956. Children: William, Susan, David, John.

Father:

Leroy Irving Lassiter

Mother:

Annie Elizabeth (Cummings) Lassiter

Spouse:

Diane Irving

child:

David Lassiter

child:

John Lassiter

child:

William Lassiter

child:

Susan Lassiter