Background
White, Robert J. was born on January 21, 1926 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
educator neurosurgeon neuroscientist
White, Robert J. was born on January 21, 1926 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
Bachelor of Science, College St. Thomas, University of Minnesota, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy in Neurosurg. Physiology, College St. Thomas, University of Minnesota, 1962; Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1953; Honorary Doctor of Science, John Carroll U., 1979; Honorary Doctor of Science, Cleveland State University, 1981.
Intern surgery, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1953-1954;
resident, Boston Children's Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1954-1955;
fellow neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, 1955-1958;
assistant to staff, 1958-1959;
research associate neuro physiological, 1959-1961;
member of faculty, Case Western Reserve U. School Medicine, since 1961;
professor neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve U. School Medicine, since 1966;
co-director neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve U. School Medicine, 1972;
co-chairman neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve U. School Medicine, since 1973;
director neurosurgery and brain research laboratory, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, since 1961;
neurosurgeon, University Hospitals
also senior attending neurosurgeon, Veterans Administration Hospital., since 1961. Lecturer Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1966, 68, 70, 72, 78, 79, 93, China, 1977, 81. Adviser to Vatican authorities on bio-ethics.
Appointed member Pontifical Academy Science, 1994.
Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member American College of Surgeons (commission on trauma task force), American Medical Association, Harvey Cushing Society, Society University Surgeons, American Physiological Society Society University Neurosurgeons (president 1978-1979), Ohio Neurosurg. Society (president 1975), N.E. Ohio Neurosurg.
Society (president 1971), Society Experimental Biology, International Society Cybernetic Medicine (international board since 1971), International Society Surgery, Society Neurological Surgeons, Neurosurg. Society American, Academy Medicine Cleveland (board directors, president 1978-1979), Pontifical Academy Sciences (advising committee for biotechnology applied to man 1994).
Married, 1950; children: Robert, Christopher, Patricia, Michael, Daniel, Pamela, James, Richard, Marguerite, Ruth.