Background
Sr., Calvin Lee Calhoun was born on January 7, 1927 in Atlanta. Son of Robert and Mary L. (Huff) C.
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Calvin Lee Calhoun Sr.
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Bachelor of Science, Morehouse College, 1948; Master of Science, Atlanta U., 1950; Doctor of Medicine Meharry Medical College, 1960.
Career
Instructor biology, Morehouse College, 1950-1951;
intern, G.W. Hubbard Hospital, Nashville, 1960-1961;
resident in medicine, G.W. Hubbard Hospital, 1961-1962;
resident in neurology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, 1962-1965;
fellow in neurology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, 1965-1966;
instructor anatomy, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1951-1957;
assistant professor anatomy, Meharry Medical College, 1961-1962;
associate professor anatomy, Meharry Medical College, 1966-1972;
professor anatomy, Meharry Medical College, 1972-1991;
professor medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1973-1991;
director division neurology, Meharry Medical College, 1966-1991;
chief neurology section, Meharry Medical College, Hubbard Hospital, 1968-1990;
professor anatomy, neurology emeritus, Meharry Medical College, Hubbard Hospital, since 1991. Director division neurology, since 1966, acting department chairman anatomy, 1968-1971, chairman, 1971-1981. Chief neurology service Meharry Medical College-Hubbard Hospital, 1968, director neurodiagnostic laboratory, 1966.
Visiting professor U. West Indies, 1975. Member of advisory board Epilepsy Foundation American, Davidson County chapter American Red Cross.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman board deacons 1st Baptist Capitol Hill Church. Member life membership committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Member of advisory council Pro Musica.
Served with United States Army, 1945. Fellow Stroke Council of America Heart Association. Member American Academy Neurology, National Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Anatomists, R.F. Boyd Medical Society, Tennessee Medical Association, Tennessee Anatomical Board, Southern Clinical Neurological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Beta Kappa Chi, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Connections
Married Evelyn Greene, February 14, 1948. 1 son, Calvin Lee.
