Pearce Bailey

Background

Bailey, Pearce was born on July 22, 1902 in New York City. Son of Pearce and Edith Lawrence (Black) Bailey.

Education

Diploma Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1920. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1924. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1931.

Doctor of Philosophy, Sorbonne, U. Paris, 1933.

Honours course in chemistry U. London, 1936. Doctor of Medicine Medical College South Carolina., 1941.

Career

Associate director Psychological Center (a founder), Paris, France, 1933-1936. Intern Roper Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina., 1941-1942. Resident neurology Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1942-1944, visiting neuropsychiatrist, 1944-1946.

Child neurology section Virginia Central Office, 1946-1951, assistant chief psychiatry and neurology division, 1948-1951, consultant regional office, Washington, 1950-1951.

Director National Institute Neurological Diseases and Blindness, 1951-1960, director international neurological research, 1960-1963, special assistant to director, 1963-1972. Attending neurologist Georgetown University, District of Columbia General hospitals, 1947-1960.

Faculty Georgetown University, 1947-1960, professor clinical neurology, 1950-1960. Advising committee Psychiatry and Neurology Service, Virginia Central Office, 1952-1960.

Honorary professor clinical neurology U. Prize ring (The) School Medicine, 1963-1970.

United States delegate International Poliomyelitis Congress, New York City, 1948, 4th International Neurological Congress, Paris, 1949 (Chairman of Commission for advancement neurology 1949-1953). Assistant secretary-general North. American, 6th International Neurological Congress, 1957.

Achievements

• Pearce Bailey has been listed as a noteworthy physician. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as commander Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Academy Neurology (editor Newsletter 1949-1962, president 1951-1953), American Medical Association, American Neurological Association, American Psychiatric Association, National Epilepsy Society (president 1953-1954), World Federation Neurology (secretary-treasurer general 1957-1965), Sociedad Neurologica Argentina (honorary), Sociedade de Neurologia do Rio de Janerio (honorary), Association American Medical Colleges, American Academy Cerebral Palsy, National Society Crippled Children and Adults (professional advisory council), Easter Seal Foundation (trustee), American Medical Writers assosiation, New York Neurological Society (honorary), Die Deutsche Gesellschaft Fûr Neurologie (honorary), Japanese Society Neurology (honorary), Sociedad de Neurologia y Neurocirugia (honorary, Montevideo, Uruguay), Washington Academy Medicine, New York Academy Sciences, Harvey Cushing Society, Association Military Surgeons, National Multiple Sclerosis Society (advisory board), Societe Francaise de Neurologie (honorary), Association for Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, South Carolina. Medical Association, Medical Society District of Columbia.

Connections

Married Georgette Dora Princess Mestchersky, July 3, 1936.

Father:

Pearce Bailey

Mother:

Edith Lawrence (Black) Bailey

Spouse:

Georgette Dora Princess Mestchersky