John Russell Hughes

Background

Hughes, John Russell was born on December 19, 1928 in DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Henry and Alice (Cooper) Hughes.

Education

AB summa cum laude, Franklin and Marshall College, 1950; Bachelor with honors, Oxford (England) University, 1952; Master of Arts with honors, Oxford (England) University, 1955; DM (honorary), Oxford (England) University, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1975.

Career

Neurophysiologist, National Institutes of Health, 1954-1956; director electroencephalography department, Meyer Hospital, State University of New York, 1956-1963; director division laboratory science, including electroencephalography, Northwestern University Medical Center, 1963-1977; professor neurology, Northwestern University Medical Center, since 1968; director, Electroencephalogram and Epilepsy Clinic, University of Illinois Medical Center, since 1977; staff, University of Illinois Hospital staff, Community Hospital, Geneva staff, Delnor Hospital, St. Charles dir.neurophysiology, Humana-Michael-Reese Medical Center, since 1992. Consultant Chicago VA Westside Hospital, Mercyville and Copley Memorial Hospital, Aurora, Illinois, others. Participant debate on brain death British Broadcasting Corporation-television.

Board directors American Board Electroencephalogram and Neurophysiology. Participant American Medical Electroencephalogram Association. Representative International Federation Electroencephalogram and Clinical Neurophysiology lecturer tour of Africa, 1989.

Keynote speaker International Course of Neurophusiology, University of Oxford, 1993, invited speaker, 1996. Invited speaker Damascus Medical School, Syria, 1998.

Achievements

• John Russell Hughes has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Command Surgeon, United States Army Reserve, 1986-1990, with Army Medical R & D Command, since 1990, mobilization replacement for major general, commander. Member American Electroencephalography Society (treasurer 1965-1968), Eastern Electroencephalography Society (secretary-treasurer 1961-1964), Central Electroencephalography Society, American Medical Electroencephalogram Association (board directors), American Board Electroencephalogram and Neurophysiology (board directors), International Electroencephalogram and Clinical Neurophysiology (board directors), American Academy Electroencephalogram (board directors), British Society of neurophysiology (honorary), Chicago Academy Medicine, American Epilepsy Society, American Physiological Society, Society Neuroscis., American Academy Neurology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (lecturer since 1960).

Connections

Married Mary Ann Dick, June 14, 1958;children: John Russell Junior (deceased), Christopher Alan, Thomas Gregory, Cheryl Annual.

Father:

John Henry Hughes

Mother:

Alice (Cooper) Hughes

Spouse:

Mary Ann Dick

child:

Thomas Gregory Hughes

child:

Christopher Alan Hughes

child:

John Russell Junior Hughes (deceased)

child:

Cheryl Annual Hughes