Background
Cunningham, Robert Sydney was born on November 14, 1891 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Campbell and Annie Hortense (Cooley) Cunningham.
Cunningham, Robert Sydney was born on November 14, 1891 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Campbell and Annie Hortense (Cooley) Cunningham.
Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1911. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1915. Doctor of Science, Union College, Schenectady, 1938.
Assistant in anatomy, 1915-1916, instructor, 1916-1917, associate, 1919-1922, associate professor, 1922-1925, Johns Hopkins. Professor anatomy, Vanerbilt Medical School, 1925-1937. Professor anatomy and dean Albany Medical School, 1937-1946, professor histology and dean, 1946-1950, professor, 1950-1952, professor emeritus, 1952, administrator Albany Hospital, 1942-1950.
Executive director Albany Medical Center, 1950-1952.
Retired, 1952; visiting professor Medical College Virginia.
Served as First lieutenant M.R.C., 1917-1919. Member American Association Anatomists, American Physiological Society Richmond Medical Academy, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.