Lincoln Valentine Domm^[1]

1896 - 1989  (92 years)

• Name	Lincoln Valentine Domm
  Born	22 Oct 1896	Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-371144
  Died	28 Mar 1989	Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois, United States   [2]
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I371144	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Wilhelm "William" Damm,   b. 8 Jun 1873, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1903, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Catherine Feick,   b. 3 Aug 1873, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jun 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F62614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Prof. Lincoln Domm, an expert on anatomy By Kenan Heise Lincoln V. Domm, 92, professor emeritus of anatomy at Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, served as executive officer of the Anatomical Gift Association of nois vol he retired at the age of 90 in 1987. A memorial service for Prof. emeritus. Domm, a 60-year resident of Hyde Park, will be held at 2:30 pm April 8 at the Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn Ave. He died Tuesday in Highland Park Hospital "He was a gentleman and a very professional person," said David Rabuck, a former Ph.D. student. "He expected a lot from people working under him, but he did not found them. He gave them a lot of leeway and freedom. I learned a great deal about writing from him A native of Ayton, Ontario, Canada, Prof. Domm graduated from North Central College, Naperville, in 1921. He received his Ph.D. magna cum laude in 1926 from the Univer sity of Chicago. From 1926 through 1932 he held various research and teaching positions there in zoology and anatomy. Prof. Domm authored or coauthored 160 research articles, principally on the endocrines in the physiology of reproduction. He was concerned with the effects of the sex hormones estrogen and androgen particularly on chickens. He was pioneer in the study of steroids He was appointed chairman of the anatomy department at Stritch in 1952 and held that position until 1967, when he became professor The Anatomical Gift Association, a nonprofit organization founded in 1888, handles the gift of bodies from donors to supply nine Midwestern medical schools. It was originally called the Demonstrators Association of Illinois, because professors of anatomy are called demonstrators He served as president and more recently as executive officer of the organization. "It is easier for a person to think of saving another person than it is for him to think of submitting his body for study although many of our advances come from this kind of arch," he told a Tribune reporter in 1963, In 1971, North Central College awarded him its Outstanding Alumnus Award and in 1979 gran led him an honorary doctorate. Survivors include his wife, Hazel, son, William; two grandchildren, and five brothers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Enoch Lantz. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147688234.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Oct 1896 - Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Mar 1989 - Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois, United States Buried - - Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States  = Link to Google Earth