Walter Lawrence, Jr.
| Walter Lawrence, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 31, 1925 Chicago |
| November 9, 2021, age 96 yearsNovember 9, 2021, age 96 years | |
| Other names | Walter M. Lawrence, Jr. |
| 💼 Occupation | Surgical oncologist |
| Known for | Founding father of the discipline Surgical oncology |
Walter Lawrence, Jr. (May 31, 1925 – November 9, 2021) was a surgical oncologist at Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell Medical College, and at the Medical College of Virginia. He was a leader in civil rights and health equity efforts.
Early life and education
Born on May 31, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois,[1] Walter M. Lawrence, Jr., was the son of Walter Lawrence, a primary care physician,[2] and Violette (née Mathews) Lawrence.[3] He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School and the University of Chicago, earning a Ph.B. in 1943, and a S.B. degree in 1945.[4] He also attended Dartmouth College training[5] and served in a non-combat role in the United States Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1946.[4]
Lawrence wed Susan Grayson Shryock in Winchester County, Virginia, on June 20, 1947.[6] He earned his M.D. at the University of Chicago, with his dissertation, Constrictive Pericarditis with Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins, in 1948.[7] He had surgical training residencies at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,[8] then served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Korea as Chief of Surgery of a MASH hospital from 1952 to 1954.[4]
Career
Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell Medical College: both clinical and research activity (1956-1966)[8]
Medical College of Virginia, Vice-Chair of Surgery and Chair of the first academic Division of Surgical Oncology in the United States, (1966-1990) and Director of the NCI-accredited Massey Cancer Center, Medical College of Virginia, campus at Virginia Commonwealth University (1974 to 1990)[2][9][10][11]
VCU School of Medicine Admissions Committee and included a primary focus on medical school teaching. Later, this portion of his career consisted entirely of medical student teaching at the McGuire VAMC.S2CID
Civil rights, issues of medical equity[5]
Selected publications
Books
- Lawrence, Jr., W.; Neifeld, J. P.; Terz, J. J. (2012-12-06). Manual of Soft-Tissue Tumor Surgery. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4612-5556-7. Search this book on
Articles
- Lawrence, W; Donegan, W L; Natarajan, N; Mettlin, C; Beart, R; Winchester, D (April 1987). "Adult soft tissue sarcomas. A pattern of care survey of the American College of Surgeons". Annals of Surgery. 205 (4): 349–359. doi:10.1097/00000658-198704000-00003. ISSN 0003-4932. PMC 1492738. PMID 3566372.
- Lawrence, Walter; Anderson, James R.; Gehan, Edmund A.; Maurer, Harold (1997). "Pretreatment TNM staging of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma". Cancer. 80 (6): 1165–1170. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970915)80:6<1165::AID-CNCR21>3.0.CO;2-5. ISSN 1097-0142.
- McGrath, P C; Neifeld, J P; Lawrence, W; Kay, S; Horsley, J S; Parker, G A (December 1987). "Gastrointestinal sarcomas. Analysis of prognostic factors". Annals of Surgery. 206 (6): 706–710. doi:10.1097/00000658-198408000-00014. ISSN 0003-4932. PMC 1493319. PMID 3689007.
- Lawrence, W; Gehan, E A; Hays, D M; Beltangady, M; Maurer, H M (January 1, 1987). "Prognostic significance of staging factors of the UICC staging system in childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study (IRS-II)". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 5 (1): 46–54. doi:10.1200/JCO.1987.5.1.46. ISSN 0732-183X. PMID 3543238.
- Lawrence, Walter; Hays, Daniel M.; Heyn, Ruth; Tefft, Melvin; Crist, William; Beltangady, Mohan; Newton, William; Wharam, Moody (1987). "Lymphatic metastases with childhood rhabdomyosarcoma. A report from the intergroup rhabdomyosarcoma study". Cancer. 60 (4): 910–915. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19870815)60:4<910::AID-CNCR2820600433>3.0.CO;2-8. ISSN 1097-0142. PMID 3297302.
- McGrath, P C; Neifeld, J P; Lawrence, W; DeMay, R M; Kay, S; Horsley, J S; Parker, G A (August 1984). "Improved survival following complete excision of retroperitoneal sarcomas". Annals of Surgery. 200 (2): 200–204. doi:10.1097/00000658-198408000-00014. ISSN 0003-4932. PMC 1250445. PMID 6465975.
- Parker, G A; Lawrence, W; Horsley, J S; Neifeld, J P; Cook, D; Walsh, J; Brewer, W; Koretz, M J (May 1989). "Intraoperative ultrasound of the liver affects operative decision making". Annals of Surgery. 209 (5): 569–577. doi:10.1097/00000658-198905000-00009. ISSN 0003-4932. PMC 1494086. PMID 2650644.
- Lawrence, Walter; Kaplan, Brian J. (2002). "Diagnosis and management of patients with thyroid nodules". Journal of Surgical Oncology. 80 (3): 157–170. doi:10.1002/jso.10115. ISSN 1096-9098. PMID 12115799. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - Maurer, Harold M.; Moon, Thomas; Donaldson, Milton; Fernandez, Carlos; Gehan, Edmund A.; Hammond, Denman; Hays, Daniel M.; Lawrence, Walter; Newton, William; Ragab, Abdelsalam; Raney, Beverly (1977). "The intergroup rhabdomyosarcoma study. A preliminary report". Cancer. 40 (5): 2015–2026. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(197711)40:5<2015::AID-CNCR2820400505>3.0.CO;2-K. ISSN 1097-0142. PMID 336175.
Awards and honors
- 1944 Rufus Choate Scholar award from Dartmouth College[4]
- 1964 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Cancer Research award[12][13]
- 1971 American Cancer Society professorship of clinical oncology[14]
- 1989 Massey Foundation: Walter Lawrence Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Oncology[2]
- 1998 Beckstrand Cancer Foundation National Cancer Fighter of the Year, for "a lifetime of outstanding leadership and achievements in the war against cancer".[15]
- 2002 Life Achievement in Science Award of the Science Museum of Virginia[2]
- 2020 Honorary member of the American Society for Radiation Oncology[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Walter Lawrence in the Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935". www.ancestry.com. 31 May 1925. Retrieved 2022-01-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Center, Blake BeldenVCU Massey Cancer. "In memoriam: Walter Lawrence Jr., founding director of Massey Cancer Center". VCU News. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ↑ "1930 United States Federal Census for Walter Lawrence". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Dr. Walter Lawrence Jr. Obituary (1925 - 2021) Richmond Times-Dispatch". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Winn, Robert A.; Ginder, Gordon D. (2021-11-12). "Walter Lawrence, cancer surgeon and civil rights hero, dies at 96". The Cancer Letter. Retrieved 2022-01-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 for Walter Lawrence". www.ancestry.com. June 20, 1947. Retrieved 2022-01-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lawrence, Walter, Jr (1948). Constrictive pericarditis with obstruction of pulmonary veins (Thesis). OCLC 83934259.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Bear, Harry D. (2005). "Walter Lawrence, Jr.: A tribute to a surgical oncologist. 'Been there, done that'". Journal of Surgical Oncology. 90 (3): 109–112. doi:10.1002/jso.20212. ISSN 1096-9098. PMID 15895456. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ "Avoiding Amputation In Cancer Is Evaluated". The New York Times. 1984-12-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ Steele, Glenn D. (2002-07-01). "Honoring Walter Lawrence, Jr., MD: Society of surgical oncology president 1979–80". Annals of Surgical Oncology. 9 (6): 519–523. doi:10.1007/BF02573883. ISSN 1534-4681. PMID 12095963.
- ↑ Winn, Robert A. "Winn statement on the passing of Walter Lawrence, Jr., M.D". www.masseycancercenter.org. Retrieved 2022-01-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Receives Sloan Cancer Study Award in N.Y." Chicago Tribune. 1964-03-19. p. 143. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ↑ "CANCER OUTLOOK HEARTENS SLOAN; Foundation Head Optimistic Problem Can Be Solved". The New York Times. 1964-03-11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "Two in state named to new professorships". The Bee. 1971-11-08. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ↑ Journal of the National Cancer Institute: JNCI. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health. November 1999. Search this book on
External links
- Walter Lawrence reflects on the National Cancer Act, COVID-19, and Richmond's vanishing monuments on YouTube (video, 28:41 minutes)
- Dr. Walter Lawrence: A VCU Legacy on YouTube (video, 15:06 minutes)
- Phone Interview with Walter Lawrence Jr., MD, ASTRO 2020 Honorary Member
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