Professional Career
Tanton practiced ophthalmology at the Burns Clinic Medical Center, Petoskey, Michigan, from 1964 to 1998. Tanton stated:
Even though it may be true that nothing more can be done for the eye, it is almost never true that nothing more can be done for the patient.
Tanton was named by the Northern Michigan Medical Society to receive the Michigan State Medical Society's Community Service Award. The award was announced in observance of Doctors' Day on March 30, 1995.
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