Dr. Gregory L. and Frances L. Lauver Medicinal Chemistry Fellowship, 2023 Recipients

Dr. Lauver earned a B.A. in chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1969. After earning his M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, he completed an internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic and a pulmonary fellowship at the University of Arizona. Dr. Lauver practiced pulmonary and critical care medicine in the Phoenix area for many years.

In 1985, Dr. Lauver and his wife, Frances Lamont Lauver, established an undergraduate scholarship at KU in honor of his parents, James L. and Enda Fay Lauver. In 2014, they also established the Dr. Gregory L. and Frances L. Lauver Medicinal Chemistry Fellowship in support of graduate student research in medicinal chemistry.

Dr. Lauver credits much of his success to his undergraduate education at KU. "My KU Professors, especially the chemistry and bioscience faculty, helped launch my career in medicine. The medicinal chemistry faculty nurtured my interest in respiratory pharmacology," Lauver said.