Background
Sheppard, Louis Clarke was born on May 28, 1933 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. Son of Ellis Allen and Louise (Clarke) Sheppard.
Sheppard, Louis Clarke was born on May 28, 1933 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. Son of Ellis Allen and Louise (Clarke) Sheppard.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Arkansas, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, University London, 1976.
Registered professional engineer, Alabama, Texas Development staff supervisor Diamond Alkali Company, Deer Park, Texas, 1957-1963. Staff engineer International Business Machines Corporation, Rochester, Minnesota, 1963-1966. Associate professor surgery department University Alabama-Birmingham, 1966-1988, senior scientist Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, 1981-1987, professor, chairman biomedical engineering department, 1979-1988.
Professor phsiology and biophysics, assistant vice president research University Texas, Galveston, 1988-1990, associate vice president research, 1990-1992, associate vice president bioengineering and biotechnology, since 1992, professor biomedical engineering, Austin.
Adjunct professor electrical engineering University Houston. Member medical advisory board Hewlett Packard, 1980-1984.
Consultant IMED Corporation, 1982-1983, Oximetrix, 1982, 86-88, MiniMed, 1986-1988. Member science advisory board JJMI, 1992-1994.
Director FBK International.
President South.E.A. Corporation, 1984-1994. Member editorial board Medical Progress Through Technology, 1984-1994, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Consultant National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Board directors Birmingham Metropolitan Development Board Served with Army of the United States, 1958-1966.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, American College Medical Informatics. Member British Computer Society, biomedical Engineering Society (director), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Medical Informatics Association, University Space Research Association (board directors since 1995), Academy Medical Arts and Sciences, Blue Key, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, Eta Kappa Nu, Theta Tau. Clubs: Saint Andrews Society of Middle South, The Houstonian.
Married Nancy Louise Mayer, February 8, 1958. Children: David, Susan, Lisa.