Background
Flexner, Louis Barkhouse was born on January 7, 1902 in Louisville. Son of Washington and Ida (Barkhouse) Flexner.
Flexner, Louis Barkhouse was born on January 7, 1902 in Louisville. Son of Washington and Ida (Barkhouse) Flexner.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1923; Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1927; Doctor of Laws, University Pennsylvania.
Fellow medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1928-1929; resident physician, University of Chicago Clinics, 1929-1930; instructor and associate anatomy, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1930-1939; with department physiology, Cambridge (England) University, 1933-1934; staff member department embryology, Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1939-1951; research associate, Carnegie Institution, 1951-1996; professor anatomy, School Medical University of Pennsylvania, 1951-1996; department chairman, School Medical University of Pennsylvania, 1951-1967; director, Institute Neurological Sciences, 1953-1966.
Science advisory boards United States Public Health Service, United Cerebral Palsy, National Council to Combat Blindness, National Paraplegic Society, National Research Council, National Foundation. Member American Association Anatomists, National Academy of Sciences, American Physiological Society, American Society Biological Chemists, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society.
Married Josefa Barba Gosé, August 23, 1937.