Arthur Knight Asbury

Background

Asbury, Arthur Knight was born on November 22, 1928 in Cincinnati. Son of Eslie and Mary (Knight) Asbury.

Education

Graduate, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1946; student, Stanford, 1947-1948; Bachelor of Science, U. Kentucky, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, U. Cincinnati, 1958; Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1974.

Career

Intern in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1958-1959; resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1959-1963; fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1963-1965; staff neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1965-1969; chief neurology, San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital., 1969-1974; professor department neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1974; department chairman neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1974-1982; Van Meter professor neurology, University of Pennsylvania, 1983-1997; acting dean, executive vice president, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1988-1989; vice dean for research, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1990-1993; vice dean for faculty affairs, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1993-1997; teaching fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1958-1965; instructor, Harvard Medical School, 1965-1968; associate, Harvard Medical School, 1968-1969; associate professor neurology, University of California at San Francisco, 1969-1973; vice-chairman, University of California at San Francisco, 1969-1974; professor, University of California at San Francisco, 1973-1974. Member of national advisory neurological disease & stroke county National Institutes of Health, 1990-1993. Honorary professor medical science Hebei Medical College, China, 1995.

Achievements

• Arthur Knight Asbury has been listed as a noteworthy Neurologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president, board directors Forest Retreat Farms Inc., Carlisle, Kentucky, 1970-1992. With Army of the United States, 1951-1953. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Neurology (vice president 1977-1979).

Member Institute Medicine, American Neurological Association (councillor 1976-1981, president 1982-1983, honorary 1995), American Association Neuropathologists (vice president 1983-1984), Society Neurosci., Association University.Profs. Neurology (president 1980-1982), World Federation Neurology (vice president 1989-1993), European Neurological Society (honorary).

Connections

Married Carolyn Holstein, May 17, 1980. Children by previous marriage: Dana, Patricia Knight, William Francis.

Father:

Eslie Asbury

Mother:

Mary (Knight) Asbury

Spouse:

Carolyn Holstein