The Resume

(January 10, 1924-June 11, 2010)
Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Named chief of neurology at the University of Washington in 1953 (at age 29 - youngest such chief at the time)
Later a university professor and chairman of the department of neurology at Weill Cornell Medical School and New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Developed the terms 'persistent vegetative state' and 'locked-in syndrome' to describe coma patient conditions
Died of Alzheimer’s-like disease primary progressive aphasia in Manhattan at age 86

Why he might be annoying:

His persistent vegetative state term was not his alone - he shared it with Glasgow neurosurgeon Dr. Byron Jennett while developing the Glasgow Coma Scale.
Both terms are just fancy ways of describing symptoms - one is a patient who looks conscious but is unconscious, the other is a patient who looks unconscious but is conscious.
He divorced the mother of his children.
He ironically died in a hospice of a brain disease.

Why he might not be annoying:

His father lost a chain of drug stores during the Depression and died when he was just 8-years-old.
As a teen, he decided to become a neurologist after his sister, Christine, died from poliomyelitis.
He championed coma understanding before CAT scans and MRI machines were developed.
He testimony helped with the decision to remove Karen Ann Quinlan from life support as her parents claimed it's what she would have wanted.
He treated former President Richard Nixon during his final days to insure control over the course of his decisions and medical needs.
He was a strong advocate for living wills and patients right to die if reasonable hope had been exhausted.

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Coke Bottle Glasses
• Egg Heads
• Fruity Names
• Huge Eye Wear
• I Attended Cornell
• I Attended Dartmouth
• I Died in 2010 (Ranked: 86)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Profiles 31001-31250 (Ranked: 31005)
• Rodent Faces
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 10]
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• Teachers

Year In Review:

In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 25 Votes: 16.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 74 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 70 Votes: 44.29% Annoying