Background
Evans, Joseph Patrick was born on November 29, 1904 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Edward and Sarah (Thompson) Evans.
Evans, Joseph Patrick was born on November 29, 1904 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Edward and Sarah (Thompson) Evans.
Student, Notre Dame University, 1923. AB, Harvard University, 1925. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1929.
Master of Science, McGill University, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, 1937. Postgraduate, University Chgo, University Minnesota, Yale University, Cambridge University, London University, National Hospital, Queen Square, London, Breslau.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Loyola University, Chicago, 1964.
Associate professor surgery charge neurological surgery University Cincinnati, 1937-1954. Professor emeritus neurological surgery University Chicago, 1970. Director division neurological surgery University Chicago Clinics, 1954-1967.
Research associate physiology Yale University, 1948. Medical mission Austria, 1947. Director International Office, 1979-1982.
Consultant Pan. American Federation Associations Medical Schools, 1971-1976. Washington area representative International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War, 1982-1985.
Director North America Liturgical Conference, 1960-1966. Member investigating commission Dissent and Disorder, 1968-1969. Fellow American College of Surgeons (Latin American liaison representative 1971-1976, assistant director 1974-1979, Distinguished Service award 1981), Academia Medicina, Instituto Chile (honorary).
Member American Academy Neurological Surgery (president 1940-1941), American Medical Association, Association Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, American Association Neurological Surgeons (vice president 1961-1962), Society Neurological Surgeons (vice president 1963-1964, Distinguished Service award 1980), American Neurological Association (vice president 1966-1967), Quadrangel Club, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, numerous honorary foreign societies.
Married Hermene Eisenman, June 24, 1929. Children: Mary Frances Bapst, Edward, Frederick Nicholas, Caroline de Villa, Anne W. Lanctot, Hermene Wolfe, John Fisher, Thomas More.