Background
Rix,, Robert Alvin was born on November 8, 1917 in Grimes County, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Alvin Senior and Amy Hunter Rix.
Rix,, Robert Alvin was born on November 8, 1917 in Grimes County, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Alvin Senior and Amy Hunter Rix.
Bachelor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, Commerce, 1937. Doctor of Medicine, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1941.
Intern University Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1941-1943, resident in neurosurgery, 1947-1948, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1943-1944, 46-47. Private practice specializing in neurosurgery Drs. Wilkins, Herrmann and Rix, Oklahoma City, 1948-1966.
Private practice neurosurgeon, neurologist, 1966-1993. Member faculty Oklahoma University of Health Sciences Center, 1948-1992, clinical professor emeritus, from 1992. Member medical staff St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1948-1993, Baptist Integris Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1959-1993, University Hospitals, Oklahoma City, 1948-1992, Mercy Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1948-1991, Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1948-1991.
Lieutenant Medical Corps United States Navy, 1944-1946, PTO. Member American Medical Association, Oklahoma State Medical Association, Southern Neuro-Surgical Association, Oklahoma Neurological Society (president 1971-1972), Rocky Mountain Neurosurgery Society (vice president 1975-1976), Oklahoma City Academy Medicine (secretary 1987, president 1988).
Married Marjorie Bozeman, December 11, 1939 (deceased December 1974). Children: Judith Carolyn Rix Jones, Robert Michael. Married Patricia H. Botkin, November 21, 1975.