Background
Severinghaus, Aura Edward was born on May 5, 1894 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Edwin and Ida Henrietta (Mock) Severinghaus.
Severinghaus, Aura Edward was born on May 5, 1894 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Edwin and Ida Henrietta (Mock) Severinghaus.
Student of University Wisconsin, 1912-1915. Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1916, Master of Arts, 1919, Doctor of Philosophy, 1927, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Doctor of Laws.
Graduate assistant department zoology Columbia, 1916-1917, 19-20. Assistant professor biology Peking (China) Union Medical College, Rockefeller Foundation, 1920-1923, dean, 1923-1926. Faculty Columbia, 1927-1963, associate dean in medicine, secretary faculty, 1945-1962, professor anatomy emeritus, associate dean emeritus, 1962-1979.
Director studies neurology and neurological science National Institute Neurological Disease and Stroke, 1962-1971. Consultant Ford Foundation, 1962-1963, Josiah Macy Junior Foundation, 1968-1970. Am delegate International Colloquium Les Hormones Sexuelles, Paris, 1937.
Vice president National Medical.
Fellowships, from 1950. Board of directors New York Young Men's Christian Association. Served with Military Cross, Australia, 1917-1919.
Member Harvey Society, Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Anatomists, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Massachusetts), Association for Study Endocrine Glands, American Bureau Medical Aid to China (president), United Service to China, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha. Clubs: Riverdale Yacht, St. Andrews Golf, Quill (New York City).
Married Sara M. Nay, July 9, 1923.