Background
Markham, Charles Henry was born on December 24, 1923 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Fred Smith and Maziebelle Valeta (Glover) Markham.
Markham, Charles Henry was born on December 24, 1923 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Fred Smith and Maziebelle Valeta (Glover) Markham.
Student, Colorado School Mines, 1941-1943; AB, Stanford University, 1947; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1951.
Intern, medical assistant resident, Lane Hospital, San Francisco, 1950-1952;
fellow in neurology, Children's Medical Center, Boston, 1952-1953;
assistant resident, Boston City Hospital, 1953-1954;
chief resident, Boston City Hospital, 1954-1955;
assistant professor neurology, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1958-1965;
associate professor, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1965-1970;
associate professor neurology, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1970-1971;
professor neurology, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1971-1994;
professor emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, since 1994. Science director Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, Chicago, 1985-1994, member board of trustees, since 1994. Science director Hereditary Disease Foundation, Los Angeles, 1979-1981.
Member of advisory board American Parkinson Disease Association, New York City, 1976-1983. Attending physician University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, since 1957, consultant in neurology St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, California, 1960-1994.
Trustee Westlake School for Girls, Los Angeles, 1965-1974, St. Matthews Parish School, Los Angeles, 1985-1987. Board directors Jubilee Christian Academy, 1996-1999, Wildling Museum, 1997-2005, Las Positas Park Foundation, 1998-2000. With United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American Academy Neurology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Board Psychiatry and Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, American Neurological Association, American Pain Society, American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology, Bárány Society (Hallpike-Nylen prize 1990), International Brain Research Organization, International League Against Epilepsy, Los Angeles Society Neurology and Psychiatry, New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Neurosci., Western Institute on Epilepsy, Research Society for Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders (president 1984-2000).
Married Kathleen Tiernan, September 29, 1945 (divorced 1971). Children: Charles H., Arthur Tiernan, Daphne, James Daniel. Married Lisa Wells Overly, July 10, 1971.
Children: John Wells, Sara Brennan.