Background
Henneman, Elwood was born on December 22, 1915 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harry Edwin and Rubina (Raihle) Henneman.
Henneman, Elwood was born on December 22, 1915 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harry Edwin and Rubina (Raihle) Henneman.
AB, Harvard, 1937; Doctor of Medicine, McGill University, 1943.
Intern Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, 1943-1944. House officer Montreal Neurological Institute, 1944. Fellow physiology Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1946-1947.
Research assistant Illinois Neuropsychiat. Institute, Chicago, 1947-1949. Visiting investigator Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, New York City, 1949-1951.
Assistant professor physiology Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1951-1955. Member faculty Harvard Medical School, from 1955, professor physiology, from 1969, chairman department physiology, 1971-1974, 78-79. Neurophysiologist Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1960-1996.
Member radiobiology panel President's Space Science Board, since 1971. Visiting professor physiology University Bern (Switzerland) Medical School, 1987-1988. Mayo lecturer, 1985; Philip Bard lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1989.
Grass lecturer, 1989.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physiological Society, International Brain Research Organization, Society for Neuroscis., American Association for the Advancement of Science, Belgian Society Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology (honorary), Sigma Xi. Clubs: Longwood Cricket (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts).
Badminton and Tennis (Boston).
Married Karel Van Syckel Toll, December 30, 1950 (deceased). Children– Cyrena Van Syckel (deceased), Abby Hastings.