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==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 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>

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>

Professor 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>

Professor 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>