Background
Terry, Robert Davis was born on January 13, 1924 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
Terry, Robert Davis was born on January 13, 1924 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
AB, Williams College, 1946; Doctor of Science (honorary), Williams College, 1991; Doctor of Medicine, Albany (New York) Medical College, 1950.
Postdoctoral training, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, 1950;
postdoctoral training, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1951;
postdoctoral training, Montefiore Hospital, New York City, 1952-1953, 54-55;
postdoctoral training, Institute Recherches sur le Cancer, Paris, France, 1953-1954;
senior postdoctoral fellow, Institute Recherches sur le Cancer, 1965-1966;
assistant pathologist, Montefiore Hospital, 1955-1959;
associate professor department pathology, Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1959-1964;
professor, Einstein College Medicine, 1964-1984;
acting department chairman pathology, Einstein College Medicine, 1969-1970;
chairman, Einstein College Medicine, 1970-1984;
professor departments Neuroscience and pathology, University of California-San Diego, 1984-1994;
professor emeritus, University of California-San Diego, since 1994. Member study section pathology National Institutes of Health, 1964-1968. Study sections National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1964-1972, 74-78.
Member board science counselors National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 1976-1980, chairman, 1977-1980. Member of national science county Huntington's Disease Association, 1978-1981. Mem.med. and science advisory board Alzheimer Association, 1978-1988.
Member science advisory board Max Planck Institute, Martinsried, 1990-1996.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Science. Member American Association Neuropathologists (president 1969-1970, Meritorious Contribution award 1989), New York Pathological Society (vice president 1969-1970, president 1971-1973), American Association Pathologists, American Neurological Association, American Academy Neurologists.
Married Patricia Ann Blech, June 27, 1952. 1 son, Nicolas Saul.