Background
Aird, Robert Burns was born on November 5, 1903 in Provo, Utah, United States. Son of John William and Emily Dawn (McAuslan) Aird.
(In this work, Dr. Aird, one of the distinguished neurolog...)
In this work, Dr. Aird, one of the distinguished neurologists of the past generation, recalls the personal lives and achievements of the legendary neurologists and neuroscientists whose scientific breakthroughs in the last seven decades established neurology as an importand discipline. Because of the cross-fertilisation of ideas in the clinical and basic neurosciences, the decades of the mid-20th century were especially exciting. Dr Aird presents biographical sketches of these vital men of genius and tells how they arrived at some of the most important discoveries ever made in this field.
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Aird, Robert Burns was born on November 5, 1903 in Provo, Utah, United States. Son of John William and Emily Dawn (McAuslan) Aird.
Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1926; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1930.
Intern, Strong Memorial Hosp-U. Rochester (New York) School Medicine, 1930-1931;
resident, Strong Memorial Hosp-U. Rochester (New York) School Medicine, 1931-1932;
research associate, University of California, San Francisco, 1932-1935;
instructor, University of California, San Francisco, 1935-1939;
from assistant to associate professor, University of California, San Francisco, 1939-1949;
professor neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 1949-1971;
founder department neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 1947;
department chairman neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 1947-1966;
established Electroencephalographic Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, 1940;
director Electroencephalographic Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, 1940-1971. Neurology consultant 9 hospitals, California. Trustee Deep Springs College, Inyo County, California, 1959-1971, director college, 1960-1966, honorary trustee, since 1971.
Founder Northern California chapter Multiple Sclerosis Society. Member five committees National Institutes of Health, Washington, 1953-1963. Representative of American Medical Association on Residency Review Board, 1967-1973.
Lectr.in field, United States and 10 foreign countries.
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Founding chairman William G. Lennox Trust Fund, 1961-1969. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Episepsy Society (honorary president 1959-1960, Lennox award 1970), American Electronecephalographic Society (charter member, president 1953-1954), American Neurological Association (vice president 1955, 69, 72, senior member), Pan-American Medical Society (North America vice president 1966), California Academy of Sciences (life), California Academy Medicine, San Francisco Neurological Society (co-founder, president 1951-1952), American Board Qualification in Electroencephalography (founding chair), Western Society Electroencephalography (founder president 1946), Swedish Society of Medical Sciences (honorary), Argentina Association Neurological and Psychiatry (honorary), Gold Headed Care Society (honorary), San Francisco Medical Society (honorary), California Medical Association (honorary), others.
Married Ellinor Hill Collins, October 5, 1935 (deceased 1988). Children: Katharine (deceased 1992), Mary, John, Robert.