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==Background==

==Background==

 

 

Gaw is the youngest of five children born to Lewis Ambrose Gaw (1918-1995) and the former Sylvia Gerlene Hix (1918-1996) in Gainesboro in Jackson County located on the Cumberland Plateau near Cookeville in north Tennessee not far from  the [[Kentucky]] border. His oldest sibling, Joy Chaffin, is a homemaker in Jackson, Tennessee. A brother, Charles Lewis Gaw, was stillborn in 1945. Two other siblings were Shirley Dianne Gaw O'Shields (1942-2011) of Monterey in Putnam County in north central Tennessee and Gary D. Gaw (1950-1998), who died of a ruptured esophagus in Lewisburg in Marshall County, Tennessee, approximately midway between Nashville and [[Huntsville, Alabama]]. Lewis, Charles, Shirley, and Gary Gaw are interred at the Gaw Family Cemetery No. 1 in Gainesboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gaw&GSfn=Lewis&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=169990109&df=all&|title=Lewis Ambrose Gaw|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref> Sylvia Gaw was cremated.

Gaw is the youngest of five children born to Lewis Ambrose Gaw (1918-1996) and the former Sylvia Gerlene Hix (1918-1995) in Gainesboro in Jackson County located on the Cumberland Plateau near Cookeville in north Tennessee not far from the [[Kentucky]] border. His oldest sibling, Joy Chaffin, is a homemaker in Jackson, Tennessee. A brother, Charles Lewis Gaw, was stillborn in 1945. Two other siblings were Shirley Dianne Gaw O'Shields (1942-2011) of Monterey in Putnam County in north central Tennessee and Gary D. Gaw (1950-1998), who died of a ruptured esophagus in Lewisburg in Marshall County, Tennessee, approximately midway between Nashville and [[Huntsville, Alabama]]. Lewis, Charles, Shirley, and Gary Gaw are interred at the Gaw Family Cemetery No. 1 in Gainesboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gaw&GSfn=Lewis&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=169990109&df=all&|title=Lewis Ambrose Gaw|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref> Sylvia Gaw was cremated.

During much of his childhood, Jerry Gaw resided in a [[suburb]] of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], because his father was employed in the  [[automobile]] industry. They returned to Gainesboro, at which he graduated in 1970 from Jackson County High School, located at 190 Blue Devil Lane in Gainesboro, a street named for the school sports teams.<ref name=statement>Statement of Jerry L. Gaw, January 13, 2011.</ref> 

During much of his childhood, Jerry Gaw resided in a [[suburb]] of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], because his father was employed in the  [[automobile]] industry. They returned to Gainesboro, at which he graduated in 1970 from Jackson County High School, located at 190 Blue Devil Lane in Gainesboro, a street named for the school sports teams.<ref name=statement>Statement of Jerry L. Gaw, January 13, 2011.</ref> 

==Academic career==

==Academic career==

In 1999, the American Philosophical Society in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], published Gaw's '''A Time to Heal': The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian England,'' a study of the medical progress through antiseptic surgical procedures and other reforms promoted by [[Joseph Lister]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Time-Heal-Diffusion-Transactions-Philosophical/dp/0871698919|title=A Time to Heal: The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian England|publisher=American Philosophical Society|date=1999|location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]|isbn=087169-891-9,|page=178 pp.|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>In a review of Gaw's book in the publication ''Victorian Studies,'' Margaret Anne Crowther of the University of Glasgow in Scotland writes: "Amongst the useful features of the book is a substantial bibliography of works dealing with Joseph Lister and antiseptic surgery. ... Gaw's approach is to concentrate on the years from the late 1860s to the mid-1880s, when Lister's views, at first highly contentious, began to dominate the medical world."<ref>Margaret Anne Crowther, ''Victorian Studies'', Vol. 43, No. 4 (Summer 2001), pp. 688-689.</ref>

In 1999, the American Philosophical Society in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], published Gaw's '''A Time to Heal': The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain,'' a study of the medical progress through antiseptic surgical procedures and other reforms promoted by [[Joseph Lister]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Time-Heal-Diffusion-Transactions-Philosophical/dp/0871698919|title=A Time to Heal: The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain|publisher=American Philosophical Society|date=1999|location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]|isbn=087169-891-9,|page=178 pp.|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>In a review of Gaw's book in the publication ''Victorian Studies,'' Margaret Anne Crowther of the University of Glasgow in Scotland writes: "Amongst the useful features of the book is a substantial bibliography of works dealing with Joseph Lister and antiseptic surgery. ... Gaw's approach is to concentrate on the years from the late 1860s to the mid-1880s, when Lister's views, at first highly contentious, began to dominate the medical world."<ref>Margaret Anne Crowther, ''Victorian Studies'', Vol. 43, No. 4 (Summer 2001), pp. 688-689.</ref>

Gaw is listed with ''Who's Who in the South and Southwest.''<ref name=lipscomb/> He is a member and the faculty sponsor of Phi Alpha Theta,<ref name=lipscombfaculty/> the honorary history society. He also holds membership in the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, the North American Conference on British Studies, and the European section of the Southern Historical Association.<ref name=lipscomb/>He is a member of the steering committee of the Lipscomb University Lifelong Learning Program, a study geared toward the intellectual stimulation of the retired and semi-retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifelonglearning.lipscomb.edu/|title=The Lifelong Learning Program|publisher=lifelonglearning.lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> He has taught abroad for Lipscomb programs in Bath, Somerset, [[England]], and [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].<ref name=lipscombfaculty>{{cite web|url=https://www.lipscomb.edu/history/faculty-staff|title=Jerry L. Gaw: Faculty & Staff at Lipscomb University|publisher=Lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref>

Gaw is listed with ''Who's Who in the South and Southwest.''<ref name=lipscomb/> He is a member and the faculty sponsor of Phi Alpha Theta,<ref name=lipscombfaculty/> the honorary history society. He holds membership in the European section of the Southern Historical Association.<ref name=lipscomb/>He was a member of the since discontinued steering committee of the Lipscomb University Lifelong Learning Program, a study geared toward the intellectual stimulation of the retired and semi-retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifelonglearning.lipscomb.edu/|title=The Lifelong Learning Program|publisher=lifelonglearning.lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> He has taught abroad for Lipscomb programs in Bath, Somerset, [[England]], and [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].<ref name=lipscombfaculty>{{cite web|url=https://www.lipscomb.edu/history/faculty-staff|title=Jerry L. Gaw: Faculty & Staff at Lipscomb University|publisher=Lipscomb.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}</ref>

In 1980, he penned an article, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction,"  in the publication, ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', since known as ''[[North Louisiana History]]''.<ref>Jerry L. Gaw, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction," ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', Vol. 11 No. 4 (Fall 1980), pp 19-32.</ref> He has completed and awaits publication of a [[biography]] of the [[World War I]]-era British [[Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]], a member of the Church of Christ denomination. The work examines Lloyd George's religious convictions in the implementation of public policy.<ref name=lipscombfaculty/>

In 1980, he penned an article, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction,"  in the publication, ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', since known as ''[[North Louisiana History]]''.<ref>Jerry L. Gaw, "Refuge in a Hostile White World: The Negro Church in North Louisiana during Reconstruction," ''North Louisiana Historical Association Journal'', Vol. 11 No. 4 (Fall 1980), pp 19-32.</ref> He has completed and awaits publication of a study of the [[World War I]]-era British [[Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]], a member of the Church of Christ denomination. The work examines Lloyd George's religious convictions in the implementation of public policy.<ref name=lipscombfaculty/> Gaw has entries on Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister in ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography''.<ref>Edward Jenner and Joseph Lister entries, ''The Research Guide to European Historical Biography'', edited by James A. Moncure (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1993), 8 vols., 3414-27 (Jenner), 3649-61 (Lister).</ref> He has penned two book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal,'' published in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]].''<ref>Book reviews in ''The Stone-Campbell Journal'' of David W. Bebbington, ''The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody'', Vol. 9 (Fall 2006), 264-65, and John Howard Smith, ''The Perfect Rule of the Christian Religion: A History of Sandemanianism in the Eighteenth Century'', Vol. 14 (Spring 2011), 87-88.</ref>

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