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Alabama background; University of Alabama Medical School, Cornell University School of Medicine; resident, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1938-1943, on faculty, 1943-1948; WWII research; chairman, Division of Ophthalmology, Stanford Medical School, 1948-1955, and work on epithelial invasions, fluorescein angiography, macular degeneration; Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute,
1955-1979: chairman, funding, basic scientists at Wilmer; surgical techniques for glaucoma, resident training program, photocoagulation, research on the cornea, cataract extraction, the intraocular lens, uveitis, bleeding episodes in the eye; formation of Spectra Pharmaceutical Services, Inc; National Institute of Neurological Disceases and Blindness, National Eye Institute; professional activities.