-1964-
-1966-
“My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)” words by Sammy Cahn, music by James Van Huesen.
WJ Heiser and JL Quinn III from Northwestern University publish on brain scan patterns in cerebral Ischemia and astrocytomas. (Arch Neurol;15:125-128).
-1967-
Picasso statue unveiled in downtown Chicago: the statue was likened to spinal cord and peripheral nerve anatomy.
To accommodate the growing number of candidates, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology introduces a written examination to precede candidacy for traditional oral examinations for certification.
The Central Neuropsychiatric Association establishes the WC Menninger Award as a special recognition of residents in Neurology, Psychiatry or Neurosurgery.
-1968-
American Academy of Neurosurgery awards Chicago neurologist, Y Hosobuchi, for work on cell-free transmission of chemical carcinogen-induced gliomas.
Chicago-based AMA develops new position statements regarding the Doctor’s Draft and physician involvement in the military.
R Spehlmann, Northwestern University, publishes on effects of diazepam on experimental sciences (Neurology;18:52-60).
The 20th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology takes place in Chicago with Maynard M Cohen, director of Special Courses that numbered 15.
-1969-
After 97 years of a combined Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, the Department of Neurology is established at Northwestern with Benjamin Boshes MD as Chairman.
Chicago neurologist PR Huttenlocher publishes seminal paper on ammonia levels and Reye’s Syndrome (Pediatrics).
Chicago Neurological Society establishes a memorial to the late Roland P Mackay, MD in the form of an endowment to store neurological materials and documents and to purchase publications to be held in the John Crerar Library in Chicago.
-1971-
P Bucy, University of Chicago, becomes president of the American Neurological Association.
-1972-
American Neurological Association holds its 97th Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Harold H Klawans (1938-1999), Professor of Neurological Sciences at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center publishes “Use of levodopa in the detection of presymptomatic Huntington’s Disease” (NEJM 286:1332-34,1972).
Maynard Cohen, Chairman of Department of Neurological Sciences at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center becomes President of the American Academy of Neurology.
Chicago neurologist and AAN member, Nicholas A Vick publishes on microvascular abnormalities in virally- induced brain tumors. (J Neurol Sci).
-1973-
-1976-
Sears Tower – the world’s tallest building. Chicago elects it’s first woman mayor, Jane Byrne.
BGW Arnason, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology at University of Chicago.
DH Harter, Chairman at Northwestern writes “Detailed Structure of the Visna-Maldi Virus” in Slow Virus Diseases of Animal and Man.
-1977-
American Neurological Association holds its 102nd Annual Meeting in Chicago.
-1978-
-1983-
Barry GW Arnason recently named Professor and Chairman at University of Chicago publishes (with fellow ANA member JP Antel) “Suppressor Cell Function in Multiple Sclorosis” (Ann Immunol (Inst Pasteur) 129:159-170, 1978).
Harold Washington elected as –Chicago’s first African American mayor.
-1985-
American Neurological Association holds its 110th Annual Meeting in Chicago.
-1986-
-1988-
Chicago Bears triumph in Super Bowl XX.
8-8-88 Lights go “on” at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.
-1989-
“Learning and Learning Disabilities Exploration of the Human Brain”, devloped by Louis D. Boshes, Clinical Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine at Chicago, opens at the Museum of Science & Industry.
Richard M Daley elected mayor and continues father’s legacy.
-1990-
Floyd Davis, ANA member and Chicago neurologist publishes on the use of 4-aminopyridine for multiple sclerosis. (Annal of Neurology)
-1991-
David A Stumpf newly named Benjamin Boshes Professor and Chairman at Northwestern heads task force on anencephaly, with resultant position paper in New England Journal of Medicine.
DB Hier, Chairman of Department of Neurology at the University of Illinois publishes on prediction factor as stroke outcome (Stroke).
-1993-
G Celesia, Chairman at Loyola, Department of Neurology publishes “Persistent Vegetative State” in Neurology.
-1994-
M Marsel Mesulam, newly named Professor at Northwestern publishes “Butyrylcholinesterase reactivity differentiates the amyloid plaques of aging from those of dementia (Annals of Neurology 1994,36:722-727).
-1995-
Frank Morrell (1926-1996), Professor of Neurological Sciences at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center publishes “Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: Treatment with subpial intracortical transection” (Brain 1995,118: 1529-46).
-1996-
Lady Diana visits Northwestern University and Cook County Hospital.
Chicago Bulls win fourth NBA tournament with Michael Jordan as team star. ANA member, HL Klawans, writes on Jordan’s neurological system in Why Michael Couldn’t Hit, focusing on Jordan’s inability to transfer basketball skills to other sports.
Population of the City of Chicago is 2,721,547. Every ethnic group found in the United states is represented in Chicago.
-1997-
Newly appointed Chairman at the University of Chicago, Raymond P Roos, publishes “Regulations of gene expression in neurotrophic virus (J Neuro Virology, 1997).
-1998-
Louis D Boshes honored for neurological contributions at the 100th Anniversary of Chicago Neurological Society.
-1999-
-2000-
Hillary Rodhum Clinton tours the new Rush Epilepsy Center at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center and speaks to a group for CURE at the Drake Hotel.
JH Kordower publishes in Science on delivery of GDNF by a novel lentiviral vector with discussion of its application to Parkinson’s disease and other disorders.
T Siddique, from Northwestern University, summarizes progress in trangenic mouse models of human neurodegenerative disorders. (Arch Neurol;57:1675-1702).
-2001-
Chicago hosts the 126th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association.
