Background
Herndon, Robert McCulloch was born on May 29, 1935 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Lee Roy and Lois Ruth (McCulloch) Herndon.
Herndon, Robert McCulloch was born on May 29, 1935 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Lee Roy and Lois Ruth (McCulloch) Herndon.
Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, U. Tennessee, 1958.
Intern, then resident in neurology, Wayne State University Hospital, Detroit, 1959-1961; fellow in neuropathology, Montreal (Quebec, Canada) Neurological Institute, 1962-1963; fellow in anatomy, Harvard University Medical School, 1965-1966; assistant professor neurology, Stanford University Medical School, 1966-1969; neurologist, then chief neurology, Palo Alto (California) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1966-1969; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 1969-1977; professor neurology, Center Brain Research, U. Rochester (New York) Medical Center, 1977-1988; chairman, Center Brain Research, U. Rochester (New York) Medical Center, 1977-1987; chief neurology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon, 1988-1994; professor neurology, Oregon Health Sciences U., Portland, 1988-1996; chief, chairperson neurological services department, Legacy Portland Hospitals, 1993-1994; professor, U. Mississippi, Jackson, since 1996; staff neurologist, Jackson (Mississippi) VAMS, since 1996. Director Multiple Sclerosis Society Clinic, Rochester, 1978-1988. Member medical advisory board Multiple Sclerosis Society United States, International Federation Multiple Sclerosis Socs.
President Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, 1993-1994. With United States Air Force, 1963-1965. Fellow American Academy Neurology.
Member American Neurological Association, American Academy Science, American Association Neuropathologists (Arthur Weil award 1969, 72, Moore award 1983), Society Experimental Neuropathology (president 1988-1991), Society Neurosci., Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Kathryn Lucille Stearns, June 11, 1955. Children: Robert McCulloch, William, Cynthia.