Oscar Sugar

Background

Sugar, Oscar was born on July 9, 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Nathan and Bertha (Miller) Sugar.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1934; Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1937; Doctor of Medicine George Washington University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1940.

Career

Intern, Hospital University of Illinois, 1942-1943; resident neurological surgery, Hospital University of Illinois, 1946-1948; practice medicine specializing in neurological surgery, Chicago, 1948-1984; faculty, College Medicine University of Illinois, 1948-1981; professor neurological surgery, College Medicine University of Illinois, 1956-1981; head department neurosurgery, College Medicine University of Illinois, 1971-1981; professor emeritus, College Medicine University of Illinois, 1981; clinical professor surgery (neurosurgery), University of California, San Diego, since 1988.

Achievements

• Oscar Sugar has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain Medical Corps United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member American Neurological Association, American Association Neurological Surgeons (vice president 1968-1969), Chicago Neurological Society (past president), Society Neurological Surgeons (vice president 1973-1974).

Connections

Married Dorothy Josephine Cohn, February 7, 1944. Children— Lawrence Daniel, Ruth Louise, David Morris.

Father:

Nathan Sugar

Mother:

Bertha (Miller) Sugar

Spouse:

Dorothy Josephine Cohn

child:

Lawrence Daniel Sugar

child:

David Morris Sugar

child:

Ruth Louise Sugar