Vilray Blair 1871 – 1955Anatomy instructor after med school1897: England to study head & neck1902: Associate professor at WashU1912: Published “Surgeries and Diseases of the Mouth and Jaws” (1st of a kind in US)WWI: Led treatment of craniofacial recon & learned from GilliesIntroduced the delay technique in flap surgery1931: First described cleft nose deformity1937 AAPS meeting à presented ABPSIndependent specialty board 19411st division chief of PLS at WashU (1925 – 1955)