Oliver Smith Strong

Background

Strong, Oliver Smith was born on December 30, 1864 in Red Bank, New Jersey, United States. Son of Benjamin and Adeline Torrey (Schenck) Strong.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1886, Master of Arts, 1888. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1895.

Career

Assistant Lake Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1890-1891. Assistant in biology, Columbia, 1892-1893, tutor in comparative neurology and assistant in normal histology, College Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia), 1893-1904, instructor in histology, 1904-1909, instructor in anatomy, 1909-1917, assistant professor neurology and instructor in histology, 1917-1918, associate professor neurology and instructor in histology, 1918-1927, professor neurology and neuro-histology, 1927-1937. Retired In charge chemical room Marine Biological Laboratory, 1904-1930.

Consultant in neuroanatomy, Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia.

Achievements

• Oliver Smith Strong has been listed as a noteworthy neurologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Club: Men's Faculty. Wrote one chapter in Bailey’s Text Book of Histology, 7th edit, 1927.

Connections

Father:

Benjamin Strong

Mother:

Adeline Torrey (Schenck) Strong