William B. Kouwenhoven ("Father of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation")

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William Bennet Kouwenhoven (13 January 1886 – 10 November 1975), also known as the "Father of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation," is famous for his development of the closed-chest cardiac massage and his invention of the cardiac defibrillator. After obtaining his doctorate degree in engineering from the Karlsruhe Technische Hochschule in Germany, Kouwenhoven began his career as the dean at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Kouwenhoven focused his research mainly on improving and saving lives of patients through the application of electricity. With the help and cooperation of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Department of Surgery and an Edison Electric Institute grant, Kouwenhoven was able to develop a closed-chest defibrillator. For his contributions to the field of medical science, he became the first ever recipient of an honorary degree conferred by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Two years before his death, Kouwenhoven was also awarded the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research.

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He was an electrical engineer who developed closed-chest cardiac massage, part of CPR and also invented the first cardiac defibrillator. He was dean of Johns Hopkins School of Engineering from 1938 to 1954 and then became professor emeritus

Parents:

Tunis Garret Bergen Kouwenhoven and Phebe Florence Bennett.

Married Abigail Baxter Remsen of Brooklyn, N.Y. on June 22, 1910.

Children:

One son, William Gerrit Kouwenhoven, born in 1925.

Note Lineage:

Earliest Dutch settlers in the New World. Wolfert Gerritse Van Kouwenhoven,first settled at Rensselaerswyck, near Albany, N.Y. 1630. In 1636 moved toLong Island, N.Y. His son, was Gerrit Wolfertse.