Background
Toole, James Francis was born on March 22, 1925 in Atlanta. Son of Walter O'Brien and Helen (Whitehurst) Toole.
Toole, James Francis was born on March 22, 1925 in Atlanta. Son of Walter O'Brien and Helen (Whitehurst) Toole.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, Cornell University, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, LaSalle Extension University, 1963.
Doctor Honoris Causa, University Targu Mures, Romania, 1998.
Intern, then resident internal medicine and neurology University Pennsylvania Hospital, London, 1949—1955, National Hospital, London, 1955—1956. Member faculty University Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1959—1961. Professor neurology, chairman department School Medicine Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, 1962—1983, emeritus professor neurology, 2010.
Visiting professor Neuroscience University California, San Diego, 1969—1970. Visiting scholar Oxford University, 1989. Member National Board Medical Examiners, 1970—1976.
Member task force arteriosclerosis National Heart Lung & Blood Institute, 1970—1981. Chairman 6th and 7th Princeton conferences cerebrovascular diseases. Consultant epidemiology World Health Organization, Japan, 1972, 73, 93, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 68, Switzerland, 74, Côte d’Ivoire, 77.
Member Lasker Awards committee, 1976—1977. Chairman neuropharmacologic drugs committee Food and Drug Administration, 1979. Chair Commission on Presidential Disability, 1994—1997.
Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966.
President North Carolina Heart Association, 1976-1977. Served with Army of the United States, 1950-1951. Flight surgeon United States Naval Reserve, 1951-1953.
Master: American College of Physicians (licentiate). Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (life), Royal College Physicians. Member: American Medical Association, Greek Neurological Association, Osler Society, American Academy Neurology Research Foundation, American Chemical Society, Society for Neurosci., Hungarian Neurological Society, Polish Neurological Society, North Carolina Stroke Association (president 1999—2001), National Stroke Association (board directors since 1993, executive committee since 1994, chairman Commission on United States Presidential Disability since 1994), American Clinical and Climatol Association (life), Association British Neurologists (honorary), German Neurological Society (honorary), Austrian Society Neurology (honorary), Irish Neurological Association (honorary), Russian Academy Neurology (honorary), International Stroke Society (executive committee 1989-1997, program chairman 1992, president 1999—2004), American Society Neuroimaging 1992-1994, American Academy Neurology (board member 2004-2009), World Federation Neurology (secretary-treasurer 1982-1989, management committee 1990-1998, president 1998—2001, chairman Research and Education Foundation 1999—2004), American Neurological Association (secretary-treasurer 1978-1982, president 1984-1985, historian since 1988, archivist 2004), American Physiological Society, American Heart Association (chairman committee ethics 1970-1975), Bohemian Club.
Married Patricia Anne Wooldridge, October 25, 1952. Children: William, Anne, James, Douglas Sean, Lauren, James, Robert, Dean, Tyler, Kyle, Kaitlin, Grace.