Background
Farmer, Thomas Wohlsen was born on September 18, 1914 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Clarence R. and Laura (Wohlsen) Farmer.
department chairman educator neurologist
Farmer, Thomas Wohlsen was born on September 18, 1914 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Clarence R. and Laura (Wohlsen) Farmer.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1935; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1941; Master of Arts, Duke U., 1937; postgraduate, U. Copenhagen, 1957-1958; postgraduate, University of California, San Diego, 1971-1972.
Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1941-1942; resident, Boston City Hospital, 1942-1943; resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1943-1944, 46-47; member of staff, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, since 1952; instructor medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1947-1948; assistant professor neurology, Southwestern Medical School, University Texas, Dallas, 1948-1949; associate professor, Southwestern Medical School, University Texas, 1949-1950; professor, Southwestern Medical School, University Texas, 1950-1952; professor medicine, acting department chairman medicine, Southwestern Medical School, University Texas, 1951-1952; professor neurological medicine, head division neurology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1952; Sarah Graham Kenan professor medicine, U. North Carolina, since 1975.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Academy Neurology (national secretary 1955-1957), American Neurological Association, American Academy Neurology, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Association Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, Child Neurology Society.
Married Phyllis McCormick, July 19, 1941. Children: Pamela Farmer Henderson, Thomas Wohlsen.