William Lauman Ragland, III

Background

III, William Lauman Ragland, was born on August 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of William Lauman Junior and Alma Josephine (Tatum) R.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biology, College William and Mary, 1956. Postgraduate, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1956. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University Georgia, 1960.

Postgraduate medical pathology, Tulane University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Biochemistry, Washington State University, 1966.

Career

Instructor Tulane University department pathology, New Orleans, 1961-1962. National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow department veterinary pathology Washington State University, Pullman, 1962-1966. National Institutes of Health special research fellow departments oncology and pathology University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966-1968, assistant professor department pathology, 1968-1970.

Associate professor departments avian medicine, medical microbiology, and veterinary pathology U. Georgia, Athens, 1970-1976, professor, since 1976.

Pathologist Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, Madison, 1968-1970. President, chairman Ragland Research, Incorporated., Athens, 1980-1986.

Adjunct Professor department pathology and laboratory medicine Emory University, Atlanta, 1984, veterinary faculty U. Zagreb, Croatia, 1991. Director Custom Adjuvants, Incorporated., Atlanta, 1980-1986, Vetrepharm Research, Incorporated., Detroit,1985-1986.

Patentee Flourescence gel scanner, 1974, Antiviral Agent and Preparation, 1988, Method of Immunizing Poultry, 1991, (with R.L. Hunter) Method of Stimulating the Immune System, 1993.

Traveling fellow British Horserace Betting Levy Board, 1968.

Achievements

• William Lauman Ragland III has been listed as a noteworthy educator, pathologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Academy Pathology, Bio-chemical Society, Society Toxicology, American Association Cancer Research, American Association Avian Pathologists, American Association Investigative Pathology, American Association Immunologists.

Interests

• Swimming.

Connections

Married Lois Camilla Witcher, July 16, 1961 (divorced January 1995). Children: Karen Renee, Alexander Shelton, Amy Elizabeth.

Father:

William Lauman Junior R.

Mother:

Alma Josephine (Tatum) R.

Spouse:

Lois Camilla Witcher

child:

Alexander Shelton III

child:

Karen Renee III

child:

Amy Elizabeth III