Background

Bell, Robert Lloyd was born on September 3, 1923 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Lowry and Nellie Pearl Bell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Washington and Jefferson College, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, University Pittsburgh, 1947.

Career

Junior intern Shady Side Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1945—1947. Intern Western Pennsylvania Hospital, 1947—1948. Resident in surgery Aspin Wall Pennsylvania Hospital, 1948—1949.

Resident in neurosurgery Brooklyn Hospital, 1949—1950, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1950—1951, chief neurosurgery resident, 1953—1954. Chief neurosurgery 98th GH Hospital, Munich, 1951—1953. From instructor to associate professor State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1954—1959.

Chief neurosurgery Wadsworth (Kansas) Veterans Administration Hospital, 1959—1964, Coatesville (Pennsylvania) Veterans Administration Hospital, 1964—1969, Chester County Hospital, West Chester, 1969—1983. Chair nuclear medicine Veterans Administration Hospital Coatesville, 1983—1991. 1st lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps, 1951-1953.

Achievements

• Robert Lloyd Bell has been listed as a noteworthy neurosurgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American College of Surgeons, American College Nuclear Medicine (gold medal 1989). Member: American Medical Association, Sons of the American Revolution (compatriot), Chester County Medical Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, American Legion.

Connections

Married Helen Louise Matthews, October 13, 1951. Children: Robert Matthews, Louise Helen.

Father:

Samuel Lowry

Mother:

Nellie Pearl Bell

Spouse:

Helen Louise Matthews

child:

Louise Helen Bell

child:

Robert Matthews Bell