Biography

Ronald J. Glasser was born on May 31, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Joy Ann Itman and Janis Carol Amatuzio. He died on August 26, 2022 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA.

He graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's degree in 1961 and a medical degree in 1965. Three years later, he was drafted into the US Army Medical Corps and was posted to a hospital in Japan as a pediatrician for military families stationed there. Because of the overwhelming number of Vietnam War casualties, he was put to work as a surgeon. He later wrote a book, "365 Days," a frank narrative of what he witnessed amid the young soldiers whose lives were torn by horrific trauma.