Background
Saussure,, Richard Laurens De was born on December 29, 1917. Son of Richard Laurens Saussure and Margaret Hamilton De Saussure.
Saussure,, Richard Laurens De was born on December 29, 1917. Son of Richard Laurens Saussure and Margaret Hamilton De Saussure.
Bachelor of Arts Virginia, Charlottesville, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1942.
Dean University Tennessee, Memphis, 1980-1988. Intern University Virginia Hospital, 1942-1943, resident neurosurgery, 1946-1947, 48-49. Resident Cincinnati General Hospital, Memphis, 1947-1948.
Chief neurological surgery Veterans Administration Hospital, 1949-1950. Member Semmes Murphy Clinic, 1951-1982. Instructor to professor neurological surgery University Tennessee, Memphis, 1950-1988, dean, 1980-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988.
Major Medical Corps, United States Army, 1943-1946.
Married Phyllis H. Falk. Children: Alexis Laurens Saussure, Richard Laurens Saussure III, Denise Anita Saussure.