Background
Schneider, Richard Coy was born on May 29, 1913 in Newark. Son of Louis and Elizabeth (Coy) Schneider.
Schneider, Richard Coy was born on May 29, 1913 in Newark. Son of Louis and Elizabeth (Coy) Schneider.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1935; Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1939; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1948.
Intern, Newark City Hospital, 1939-1941; resident pathology, Cleveland City Hospital, 1941-1942; resident general surgery, City of Detroit Receiving Hospital, 1942-1943; resident neurosurgery, University of Michigan, 1946-1948; practice medicine specializing in neurosurgery, Cleveland, 1948-1950; assistant professor neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1950-1952; associate professor, University of Michigan, 1952-1962; professor neurosurgery, University of Michigan, 1962-1969; head section neurosurgery Medical Center, University of Michigan, 1969-1979; professor, University of Michigan, 1979-1983; professor emeritus, University of Michigan, 1983-1986; 1st E. Latunde Odeku Memorial lecturer, U. Ibadan, Nigeria, 1976; honored guest, Congress Neurological Surgeons, 1977; W. Yandell lecturer, Louisville Surgical Society, U. Louisville, 1979; honored guest, Japanese Society Neurotraumatology, 1980; honored guest, Mexico Neurosurg. Society, 1981; Percival Bailey lecturer, 1985; W.J. Gardner lecturer, 1985. Member Council Medical Specialty Socs., 1974-1976.
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Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American College of Surgeons, Neurosurg. Society of America (vice president), American Academy Neurological Surgical, American Association Neurological Surgeons (president 1974-1975, director 1970-1975), World Federation Neurosurg.
Societies (representative, secretary, vice president 1977-1986 ), Aerospace Medical Association, American Epilepsy Society, Association Research on Mental Disease, American Society for Surgery of Trauma, Pan-Pacific Surgical Association (vice president neurosurgery 1981-1983), Phi Kappa Psi, Nu Sigma Nu, Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary).
Married Madeleine T. Thomas, February 12, 1943.