Tunturi, Archie R.

Abstract

Dr. Reid "Sam" Connell is a graduate of Oregon State University and the University of Oregon Medical School, with a master’s in anatomy and a doctorate in medicine. As an instructor at OHSU, he taught anatomy, embryology, histology, and neurology as well as overseeing the allied health programs after his retirement. His research focused primarily on enabling those with broken spinal cords to regain function of limbs below the break.

Abstract Dr. Archie R. Tunturi worked from approximately 1944 to 1984 at the University of Oregon Medical School. He was an Associate Professor of anatomy and a researcher focusing on the brain’s auditory cortex and the nerve paths for sound to the brain; his later research largely focused on treating spinal cord injuries. This collection contains academic work and publications, news clippings, photographs and negatives, correspondence, administrative records, a small sampling of his artwork, and a...