Chandler McCuskey Brooks

Background

Brooks, Chandler McCuskey was born on December 18, 1905 in Waverly, West Virginia, United States. Son of Earle Amos and Mary (McCuskey) Brooks.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1928; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1931; Honorary Doctor of Science, Berea College, 1970; D.Sci. (honorary), State University of New York, 1986.

Career

National Research Council fellow, teaching fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1931-1933; instructor, then associate professor physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1933-1948; professor physiology and pharmacology, department chairman, Long Island College Medicine, 1948-1950; professor physiology, department chairman, State University New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1950-1972; professor, director graduate education, State University New York Downstate Medical Center, 1956-1966; dean, State University New York Downstate Medical Center (Graduate School), 1966-1972; acting president, State University New York Downstate Medical Center (Medical Center), 1969-1971; Distinguished professor, State University New York Downstate Medical Center (Medical Center), from 1971. Visiting professor Tokyo and Kobe (Japan) medical schools, 1961-1962, U. Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1975. Visiting scholar U. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1973-1974.

Honorary member of faculty Catholic U., Santiago, Chile. Member study sections National Institutes of Health, 1949-1969.

Achievements

• Chandler McCuskey Brooks has been listed as a noteworthy Physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The historical development of physiological thought: A symposium held at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center

Membership

Trustee International Foundation, from 1972, chairman grants committee, from 1973. Fellow Center Theological Inquiry. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1950-1965), Harvey Society (president 1965, New York Heart Association (council 1965-1975), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, International Brain Research Organization, National Society Medical Research, Royal Society Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society Study Internal Secretions, Society Study Nervous and Mental Diseases, American College Cardiology, American College Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Medical Association (special affiliate), American Physiology Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Honorary member National Academy Medicine Buenos Aires, Cardiology Society Argentina, biological societies Montevideo, Uruguay, Institute History Medicine and Medical Research New Delhi, Alumni Association, College Medicine Downstate Medical Center.

Connections

Married Nelle Irene Graham, June 25, 1932.

Father:

Earle Amos Brooks

Mother:

Mary (McCuskey) Brooks

Spouse:

Nelle Irene Graham