Presented by Dr. Chris Webb, this presentation features an overview of Lynchburg’s medical history, as well as a seven-minute monologue by Bill Bodine ’78, ’89 MAd as Dr. Mosby Perrow, chief medical officer for the city during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. Bodine’s monologue describes how Perrow’s actions saved thousands of lives.
 

Dr. Chris Webb is a retired physician with a strong interest and body of knowledge in local history in general and the history of local medicine. He earned his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1976 and specialized in internal medicine and geriatrics for 46 years. Bill Bodine is a graduate of the University of Lynchburg with a degree in business management and a master’s in business. Most of his career was spent in health care management. He recently retired as president of the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation and has been active in local theater for the past 45 years.

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