Maurice Wright Van Allen

Background

Allen, Maurice Wright Van was born on April 3, 1918 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred Maurice and Alma E. (Olney) Van Allen.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Iowa Wesleyan College, 1939; Doctor of Medicine, University Iowa, 1942.

Career

Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1942-1943; training in neurology and neurosurgery practice medicine specializing in neurology, Iowa City, Iowa., from 1954; practice medicine specializing in neurology, Iowa City, Iowa. chief neurological section, Veterans Administration Hospital., Iowa City, 1954-1959; associate professor department neurology, College Medicine, U. Iowa, 1959-1965; professor, College Medicine, U. Iowa, 1965-1986; head department, College Medicine, U. Iowa, 1974-1986. Member county National Institute Dental Research.

Achievements

• Maurice Wright Van Allen has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Medical corpus, United States army, 1943-1946. Member American Medical Association, American Academy Neurology, American Neurological Association, Association Research and Nervous and Mental Disease, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Janet Hunt, August 20, 1949. Children: David, Martha, Evalyn, Jonathan.

Father:

Alfred Maurice Allen

Mother:

Alma E. (Olney) Van Allen

Spouse:

Janet Hunt

child:

Evalyn Allen

child:

Jonathan Allen

child:

Martha Allen

child:

David Allen