Background
French, John Douglas was born on April 11, 1911 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of John Rollin and Effie (Douglas) French.
French, John Douglas was born on April 11, 1911 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of John Rollin and Effie (Douglas) French.
AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1933; Doctor of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1937.
Intern internal medicine, University of California Hospital, San Francisco, 1937-1938; intern surgery, Strong Memorial Hospital and University Rochester School Medicine, 1938-1939; from assistant resident surgery, associate resident neurosurgery to chief resident surgery, Strong Memorial Hospital, 1939-1943; assistant surgeon, Strong Memorial Hospital, 1943-1946; assistant professor neurol surgery, U. Rochester School Medicine and Dentistry, 1943-1946; chief neurosurgery, Veterans Administration Hospital., Long Beach, California, 1948-1958; associate director professional services for research, Veterans Administration Hospital., Long Beach, California, 1950-1958; chief consultant neurosurgery, Veterans Administration Hospital., Long Beach, California, 1958-1976; clinical professor surgery-neurosurgery, College Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, from 1949; professor anatomy, College Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1978; professor emeritus, College Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978-1989; director Brain Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1980. Member Bioscience training committee National Institutes of Health, 1958-1963, Bioscience subcommittee Office Space Science and Application National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960-1966, committee bioastronautics National Academy Sciences-Armed Forces-National Research Council, 1958-1962. Member Eviron. Policy Institute-HAB Los Angeles.
Member American Neurological Association, American Academy Neurological Surgery, American Medical Association, California Medical Society, Los Angeles Society Neurology and Psychiatry, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Society Neurological Surgeons, Society University Surgeons, Southern California Neurosurg. Society (president 1957-1958), Western Neurosurg. Society (president 1969), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Dorothy Kirsten, July 18, 1955.