Background
Forster, Francis Michael was born on February 14, 1912 in Cincinnati. Son of Michael Joseph and Louise Barbara (Schmid) Forster.
Forster, Francis Michael was born on February 14, 1912 in Cincinnati. Son of Michael Joseph and Louise Barbara (Schmid) Forster.
Student, Xavier University, Cincinnati, 1932. Doctor of Laws, Xavier University, Cincinnati, 1955. Bachelor of Science, University Cincinnati, 1935.
B.M., University Cincinnati, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, University Cincinnati, 1937. Doctor of Science honorary, Georgetown University, 1982.
Rotating intern, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, 1936-1937; house officer neurology and neurosurgery, Boston City Hospital, 1937-1938; resident neurology, Boston City Hospital, 1939-1940; fellow psychiatry, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1938-1939; assistant neurology, Harvard Medical School, 1939-1940; Rockefeller Foundation research fellow physiology, Yale School Medicine, 1940-1941; instructor neurology, Boston University School Medicine, 1941-1943; assistant professor neurology, Jefferson Medical School, 1943-1947; associate professor neurology, Jefferson Medical School, 1947-1950; professor neurology, director department, Georgetown University School Medicine, 1950-1958; dean School Medicine, Georgetown University School Medicine, 1953-1958; professor, department chairman neurology, University of Wisconsin School Medicine, 1958-1978; emeritus, since 1978; director, Epilepsy Center, Veterans Administration Hospital., Madison, Wisconsin, 1977-1982. Consultant neurology.
Member American Medical Association (chairman nervous and mental diseases section 1952-1953), American Association for the Advancement of Science, District of Columbia Medical Society (chairman section neurology and psychiatry 1955-1956, president 1958), American Academy Neurology (chairman survey committee 1948-1951, president 1957-1959), American Neurological Association (chairman committee international collaboration 1954-1955), American Epilepsy League (president 1951-1952), Association Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, American Physiological Society, American Association Electroencephalographers, Medical Society Wisconsin, Cosmos Club (Washington), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Helen Dorothy Kiley (deceased 2004), June 15, 1937. Children– Denis, Susan, Kathleen, Mark, Gabrielle.