D. Frank Benson

Background

Benson, D. Frank was born on March 26, 1928 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Son of Frank Lawrence and Emily Margaret (Groom) Benson.

Education

Bachelor, U. North Dakota, 1950; Bachelor of Science in Medicine, U. North Dakota, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1953.

Career

Intern, Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon, 1953-1954; general practitioner, Sweet Home, Oregon, 1954-1956; resident in neurology, Veterans Administration Hospital., San Francisco, 1956-1959; neurologist private practice, Eugene, Oregon, 1959-1964; neurologist, professor, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital., Boston University, 1964-1979; neurologist, professor, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, 1979-1995; professor emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, since 1995.

Achievements

• D. Frank Benson has been listed as a noteworthy Neurologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Private 1st class United States Army, 1946-1947, Japan. Member American Neurological Association, American Academy Neurology, Academy of Aphasia.

Connections

Married Donna Virginia Bagge, September 4, 1948. Children: Robert, Vicki, Sonia.

Father:

Frank Lawrence Benson

Mother:

Emily Margaret (Groom) Benson

Spouse:

Donna Virginia Bagge

child:

Sonia Benson

child:

Robert Benson

child:

Vicki Benson