Background
Neel, Spurgeon Hart was born on September 24, 1919 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Spurgeon Hart and Pyrle (Womble) Neel.
Neel, Spurgeon Hart was born on September 24, 1919 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Spurgeon Hart and Pyrle (Womble) Neel.
Student pre-medical, Memphis State University, 1939; Doctor of Medicine, U. Tennessee, 1942; Master in Public Health, Harvard University, 1958; Master of Science in Business Administration, George Washington University, 1965.
Intern, Methodist Hospital, Memphis, 1943; resident x-ray, Santa Ana (California) Air Force Base, 1944; resident aviation medicine, United States Air Force School Aerospace Medicine, 1960; second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1942; advanced through grades to major general, United States Army, 1970; various assignments, United States, 1943-1944, 47-48; various assignments, European Theatre of Operations, 1944-1947; chief surgeon service, Fort McPherson, Georgia, 1949; medical service, 1949; division surgeon, (82d Airborne Division), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1949-1951; commander, (30th Medical Group), Korea, 1953-1954; deputy director division physiology and pharmacology, (WRAIR, WRAMC), 1956; chief aviation branch, (OTSG), 1957; chief aviation medicine, Fort Rucker, Alabama, 1960; commanding officer United States Army Hospital, post surgeon, 1961-1964; stationed in, Vietnam, 1965-1966, 68-69; deputy surgeon general, United States Army, Washington, 1969-1973; commander, (United States Army Health Services Command), 1973-1977. Clinical associate professor family practice University Texas Health Science Center, San Antoniko, now professor emeritus occupational and aerospace medicine University Texas School Public Health. Medical consultant United States Automobile Association, other industries, San Antonio.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Preventive Medicine (past vice president), Royal Society Health, Aerospace Medical Association (past president), International Academy Aviation and Space Medicine, American Academy Medical Adminstrs., American College Health Care Executives. Member American Medical Association (past-secretary section military medicine), Association Military Surgeons United States, Association United States Army, Army Aviation Association American. Associate member Phi Chi.
Married Alice Glidewell Torti, November 18, 1939. Children: Spurgeon Hart III, Alice Leah Neel Zartarian.