Background
Odom, Guy Leary was born on May 20, 1911 in New Orleans. Son of Guy Leroy and Marion (Brown) Odom.
Odom, Guy Leary was born on May 20, 1911 in New Orleans. Son of Guy Leroy and Marion (Brown) Odom.
Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1933.
Intern, resident, E. Louisiana Eastern State Hospital, Jackson, 1933-1937; practice medicine, specializing in neurological surgery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1937-1942; practice medicine, specializing in neurological surgery, New Orleans, 1942-1943; practice medicine, specializing in neurological surgery, Durham, North Carolina, 1943-1981; instructor, Montreal Neurological Institute, 1937-1942; associate surgery, Louisiana State University, 1942-1943; faculty, Duke Medical School, 1943-1981; professor neurosurgery, Duke Medical School, 1950-1981; department chairman, Duke Medical School, 1960-1975; James B. Duke professor neurological surgery, Duke Medical School, 1974.
Member American Medical Association, Pan American Medical Association, North Carolina, Durham-Orange County medical societies, World Federation Neurological Surgery, International Society Neurological Surgery, American Academy Neurological Surgeons (president 1967), Society Neurological Surgeons (president 1970-1971), American Surgical Association, Southern Neurological Society (president 1968), American Association Neurological Surgeons (president 1972).
Married Suzanne Price, August 19, 1933 (deceased November 1965). Children— Guy Leary, Linda P. (Mistress Wesley Cook), Carolyn (Mistress Terry H. Little). Married Mataline Nye, December 29, 1968.