Background
Bucy, Paul C. was born on November 13, 1904 in Hubbard, Iowa, United States. Son of Isaac and Lillian (Clancy) Bucy.
Bucy, Paul C. was born on November 13, 1904 in Hubbard, Iowa, United States. Son of Isaac and Lillian (Clancy) Bucy.
Bachelor of Science, University Iowa, 1925. Master of Science, University Iowa, 1927. Doctor of Medicine, University Iowa, 1927.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Thessaloniki, 1970. Doctor honorary, University Utrecht, 1971.
Intern Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1927-1928. Resident, instructor neurosurgery University Chicago, 1928-1930, instructor, 1930-1933, assistant professor, 1933-1938, associate professor in charge neurosurgery, 1938-1941. Professor neurology and neurological surgery University Illinois, 1941-1954.
Professor surgery, medical school Northwestern University, 1954-1972, in charge neurosurgery, 1964-1972, professor emeritus, from 1972. Clinical professor neurology and neurosurgery Bowman-Gray Med School, 1974-1983, emeritus, since 1983. Traveling fellow to England and Germany, 1930-1931.
Research assistant Yale University, 1933. Attending neurologist and neurological surgeon Illinois Neuropsychiat. Institute and Research and Educational Hospitals, University Illinois, 1941-1954.
Attending neurological surgeon, vice president board trustees Chicago Memorial Hospital, 1941-1954, chief of staff, 1943-1954. Attending neurological surgeon charge department neurological surgery Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital, 1954-1972. Professor surgery Northwestern University, Chicago, 1954-1972, professor emeritus, from 1972.
Editorial board Journal Neuro-Surgery, 1951-1961, chairman, 1957-1961, director publications, 1959-1972. Gorgas lecturer University Alabama, 1944. John Black Johnston lecturer University Minnesota, 1949.
Commonwealth visiting professor University Louisville, 1950. George A. Ball visiting professor Indiana University, 1953. Visiting honorary professor University Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1954.
Fedor Krause lecturer German Neurosurg. Society (recipient Fedor Krause medal), 1961, 62. J.H. Jackson memorial lecturer Montreal Neurological Institute, 1965.
William Polk Van Wagenen lecturer University Rochester, 1965. Visiting lecturer Free University Berlin, 1963. Visiting professor, lecturer Creigton University, 1966.
Visiting professor Medical College Georgia, 1966, 80, University Wisconsin, 1968, Harvard University, 1969, 83, University Maryland, 1983. Fulbright visiting professor University Utrecht, 1969. Norman Dott Memorial lecturer University Edinburgh, 1984.
Advisory council National Institute Neurological Disease and Blindness, 1961-1965, member program projects committee, 1965-1969, member advisory subcommittee on stroke and nervous system trauma, 1976-1980. Chairman National Committee Research in Neurological Disorders, 1969-1974, chairman emeritus, since 1974, treasurer, since 1974. Chairman medical advisory committee National Paraplegic Foundation.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Surgical Association. Member American Neurological Association (vice president 1954-1955, president 1971-1972, member council 1972-1977, honorary member 1982), Society Neurological Surgeons (president 1959-1960), American Association Neurological Surgery (president 1951-1952, director publications 1959-1972, Harvey Cushing medal 1980), American Physiological Society, American Medical Association (secretary 1936-1939, chairman section nervous and mental disease), Chicago Neurological Society (president 1947-1948), Chicago Pathological Society, Institute Medicine Chicago, Chicago Medical Society (council 1948-1952), Illinois State Medical Society, Central Neuropsychiat. Association, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Chicago Surgical Society (vice president 1955-1956), Society Biological Psychiatry, World Federation Neuro-Surgical Societies (president 1957-1961, honorary president since 1961), 2d International Congress Neurological Surgery (president 1957-1961), Society Neurological Surgery Thailand (first honorary), Phi Chi, Delta Sigma Rho, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
Honorary member various foreign professional societies including Society British Neurological Surgeons. Clubs: University (Chicago), Literature (Chicago), president (Chicago).
Married Evelyn Richards, June 12, 1927. Children: Paul Craig, James Gordon.