BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 



Phillip G. Lawyer was born, the third son of goodly parents, in 

 Wenatchee, Washington, 10 May, 1945. Early boyhood years were spent 

 in the conmunities of Cashmere, Washington, and Anchorage, Alaska. In 

 1958, his family moved to Utah where he graduated from East High 

 School in Salt Lake City in 1963. He enrolled at the University of 

 Utah in the fall of 1963, but interrupted his studies to accept a 

 mission call from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 

 After serving as a missionary in West Germany for 27 months, he 

 returned to the University of Utah to complete a B.A. in biological 

 sciences in June, 1970. In December, 1969, he accepted a commission 

 in the US Army and was granted an educational delay to complete an M.A. 

 degree in medical entomology, which he received in June, 1971. Phillip 

 commenced active duty in the US Army as a 1LT, medical entomologist, 

 in October, 1971. Following several military assignments, which 

 included tours with the 20th Preventive Medicine Unit, Republic of 

 South Vietnam, the US Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, St. Louis, 

 Missouri, and Fort Meade, Maryland, and the Medical Service Corps 

 Officers Advanced Course, he was assigned to the teaching staff at the 

 US Army Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 



Phillip entered graduate school at the University of Florida in 

 August, 1981. He has been a member of the Entomological Society of 

 America and on the American Registry of Professional Entomologists 

 since 1973. 



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