Beulah Cushman

Background

Cushman, Beulah was born on October 1, 1890 in Bethany, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Andrew Frank and Elizabeth Sarah (Wightman) Cushman.

Education

Educated Chicago Training School. Doctor of Medicine, University Illinois, 1916. Bachelor of Science Milwaukee Downer College.

Postgraduate, Vienna, 1926, 1937, India 1932.

Career

Assistant professor ophthalmology Northwestern University Medical College, 1938-1946, associate professor since 1946.

Achievements

• Beulah Cushman has been listed as a noteworthy ophthalmologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

American College of Surgeons fellow, New York Academy Sciences, Royal College Surgeons. Member American Medical Writers Association, American Medical Women's Association (past president), Master of Arts A., Illinois, Chicago medical societies, American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, American, Chicago, Pan American ophthalmological societies, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Research in Ophthalmology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Phi.

Connections

Father:

Andrew Frank Cushman

Mother:

Elizabeth Sarah (Wightman) Cushman