Walter Lawrence Jr.: Career in photographs

Lawrence (left) as an army surgeon in Korea in 1952.

Lawrence (left) performing surgery at a M.A.S.H. unit in Korea.

Lawrence, as director of the VCU Massey Cancer Center, which he founded and ran from NCI designation in 1975 through 1988.

Circa 1980; from left: Alan Kaplan, Walter Lawrence, S. Elmer Bear (then chair of oral surgery at MCV) and Jose Terz (fellow surgical oncologist who came from MSKCC with Lawrence)

Lawrence, third from the right, at a 1986 dedication of North Hospital which today houses VCU Massey Cancer Center’s Dalton Oncology Clinic, Radiation Oncology Department, BMT inpatient and outpatient clinics, and Thomas Palliative Care Unit. Then NCI Director Vincent T. DeVita is second from the right.

Walter Lawrence Jr.

Walter Lawrence (right, seated), with Harry Bear (left, seated) and friends.