Ebbe Curtis Hoff (born August 12, 1906 in Rexford, Kansas died February 17, 1985 in Richmond, Virginia) was chairman of the Department of Neurological Science at the Medical College of Virginia, founding Dean, School of Graduate Studies [1] and founding director of the Virginia Division of Substance Abuse. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Rexford is a city in Thomas County, Kansas, United States. The population was 157 at the 2000 census. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Medical College of Virginia (MCV is the name of Virginia Commonwealth University's medical campus located in downtown Richmond Virginia.
He earned a bachelor's degree with honors at the University of Washington in 1928 and a Doctor of Philosophy in physiology from St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford in 1932 where he studied neurophysiology, writing his thesis on the theory of the synapse under Nobel Prize laureate Sir Charles Sherrington. See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Physiology (from Greek grc φύσις physis, "nature origin" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of the mechanical physical St Catherine's College may refer to St Catherine's College Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, England The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Neurophysiology (from Greek grc νεῦρον neuron, "nerve" grc φύσις physis, "nature origin" and grc -λογία Chemical synapses are specialized junctions through which Neurons signal to each other and to non-neuronal cells such as those in Muscles or Glands The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Sir Charles Scott Sherrington OM, GBE, PRS ( November 27, 1857 - March 4, 1952) was an English neurophysiologist He worked as a physiology instructor at Yale University in 1934 and later as a research assistant. He attended medical school (United Kingdom) earning Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery and Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery degrees from Oxford and the London Hospital Medical College finishing in 1940. In the United Kingdom, medical school generally refers to a department within a University which is involved in the education of future medical practitioners Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, or in Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus et Baccalaureus Chirurgiae (abbreviated MB BChir, BM BCh, Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
During World War II, he served in the United States Navy as a flight surgeon and became a leading authority on diving hazards and precautions, as well as submarine and aviation medicine. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A flight surgeon is a military Medical officer assigned to duties in the clinical field known as flight, or Aviation medicine. Divers face specific physical and Health Risks when they go Underwater (e A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Aviation medicine, also called flight medicine or aerospace medicine, is a branch of preventive or Occupational medicine in which the patients/subjects He authored the first comprehensive text on compressed air diving and submarine medicine. He participated in developing the modified G-Suit design adopted for US Navy pilots. A g -suit is worn by Aviators and Astronauts who are subject to high levels of acceleration (' ''g'' ' He took part in unsuccessful attempts to develop a shark repellent. A shark repellent is any method of driving sharks away from an area object person or animal He also served as a Naval Attaché at the American Embassy, London. Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned ('attached' to the administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency The Embassy of the United States of America to the Court of St James's is situated at the American Embassy London Chancery Building in Grosvenor Square, He left active military service with the rank of Commander in 1946 but remained in the Naval Reserve. Commander is a Military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Dr. Hoff was a member of Phi Beta Kappa national scholastic honor society, Sigma Xi science honorary society, the American Physiological Society and the Medical Society of Virginia.
He was a member of the Torch Club of Richmond, the Richmond Astronomical Society and St Mary's Episcopal Church, Goochland County, Virginia where he served as director of the Sunday School, senior warden and vestryman. The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic Honor society with the mission of "fostering and recognizing excellence" in the Undergraduate Liberal arts Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society is a Non-profit Honor society which was founded in 1886 at Cornell University by a junior faculty The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Goochland County is a county located in the US state &mdash officially " Commonwealth " &mdash of Virginia. He was also a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, a club of Sherlock Holmes devotees. The Baker Street Irregulars are any of several different groups all named after the original from various Sherlock Holmes stories Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 He held amateur radio licence WA4CBM. Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a Hobby and a service in which participants called "hams" use various types of Radio communications He spent many summer holidays tenting in Westmore, Vermont on Lake Willoughby. Westmore is a town in Orleans County, Lake Willoughby is a Lake in the town of Westmore in Orleans County in the northeast section of Vermont, United States.
Selected publications
- Alcoholism: the hidden addiction (New York: Seabury Press, 1974)
- A bibliographical sourcebook of compressed air diving and submarine medicine (Washington, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Dept. , 1948-1954)
- A bibliography of aviation medicine (Springfield, Ill. , Baltimore, Md. , C. C. Thomas, 1942)
- United States Army Medical Service. Preventive Medicine in World War II - a seven volume series which he edited with his wife Phebe Margaret Hoff (Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army) including Volume III: Personal Health Measures and Immunization and Volume VI: Communicable Diseases: Malaria
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