David Dawson

Profile Updated: July 13, 2011
David Dawson
Residing In: Port William, Newton Stewart, Scotland United Kingdom
Spouse/Partner: Alice
Occupation: Retired Sr. Lecturer of Anatomy
Children: Patrick, born 1965
Amy, born 1970
Julie, born 1975
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BA - Adams State College; MA, PhD - Southern Illlinois University.

I taught Biology, before finishing PhD, for three years at Univ. SD at Springfield (now a prison!). After receipt of the PhD (1975) we moved to WV where I was part of the initial faculty of Marshall University School of Medicine (Huntington) from 1975-1986. We then moved to Iowa, where I was clinical anatomist for the Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Des Moines VA Medical Center general surgery residency programmes. In 1992, we moved to Dundee, Scotland, where I was Senior Lecturer of Anatomy at the University of Dundee until I retired in 2007.

After I retired, we moved to Port William, Scotland, where we now live in an old (1850's?) cottage, half of a "duplex", and rent the other half of the duplex out as a holiday cottage. Gardening and woodturning keep me busy when we are here. However, I also do some Visiting Professor work at St. George's University (on the Caribbean island of Grenada), King Saud Unilversity (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), and irregularly at some UK universities, primarly because I enjoy anatomy and interacting with students in the lab.

THE NEW STUFF:24 JUNE 2011. HERE I AM, SITTING AT HOME. SUCCESSFUL NEPHRECTOMY ON 14 JUNE, DISCHARGED ON 20 JUNE. BIG PROBLEM NOW WILL BE TO NOT GET INTO TOO MUCH OF A HURRY TO GET OUT AND WORK IN THE GARDEN. THANKS FOR THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OF ALL!!

The final report for now, 13 Juy, 2011. Pathology report - particularly aggressive renal tumour, but margins of what was removed were clear, so that should mean the they got it all!. Just to make sure, I'll be having CT Scans every 6 months for ??? Thanks to all for thoughts, prayers, and communications.

School Story:

Best memories of High School are from Vocal Music. Russ Hillock was a fantastic teacher who inspired us all to do the very best we could. I have very fond memories of our productions of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" and "Pirates of Penzance", as well as our choir tour. Don't know if they were really as good as I remember, but for those of us who participated, they were fantastic, and showed us all what we could do if we wanted. Thank you, Mr. Hillock!!!

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