relations death_date death_place birth_place profession name work_institutions birth_date known_for image article_title education birth_name death_cause
jeanne jackson `` jack '' tiller , md , father -lrb- elizabeth 1916 -- 1970 -rrb- -lrb- guenther -rrb- tiller , widow dean 31 may 2009 wichita , kansas , u.s. wichita , kansas , us family medicine george tiller owner-operator kansas -lrb- 1975 -- 2009 -rrb- of women 's health care -- wichita , 8 august 1941 pro-choice advocacy george tiller cropped.jpg george tiller
 university of kansas school of medicine -lrb- 1967 -rrb- internship , of united states navy kansas -lrb- zoology , 1963 -rrb- university george richard tiller gunshot wound
george tiller

george richard tiller , md -lrb- august 8 , 1941 -- may 31 , 2009 -rrb- was an american physician from wichita , kansas .
he gained national attention as the medical director of women 's health care services , one of only three clinics nationwide to provide late-term abortions at the time .
during his tenure with the center , which began in 1975 and continued the medical practice of his father , tiller was frequently targeted with protest and violence by anti-abortion groups and individuals .
after his clinic was firebombed in 1986 , tiller was shot in both arms by anti-abortion activist shelley shannon in 1993 .
on may 31 , 2009 , tiller was shot through the eye and killed by anti-abortion activist scott roeder , as tiller served as an usher during the sunday morning service at his church in wichita .
roeder was convicted of murder on january 29 , 2010 , and sentenced to life imprisonment .
