Louis H. Bauer

{{Infobox person | name = Louis Hopewell Bauer | other_names = Louis H. Bauer | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|7|18}} | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts | death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|2|2|1888|7|18}} | death_place = Rockville Centre, New York | alma_mater = [[Harvard Medical School]] (MD)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/about/history/people/medical_examiners.pdf|title=Louis Hopewell Bauer and the First Federal Aviation Medical Examiners|website=www.faa.gov}}</ref> | known_for = | occupation = | nationality = }}

'''Louis Hopewell Bauer''' (July 18, 1888 – February 2, 1964)<ref name="Books from 1947">{{cite web |url=http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ccer/1947x.htm |title=Books from 1947 with US copyright not renewed |publisher=kingkong.demon.co.uk |accessdate=2009-06-15 |archive-date=2019-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101171516/http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ccer/1947x.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Louis H. Bauer: his continuing legacy">{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12136070 |title=Louis H. Bauer, M.D., and the first civil U.S. aeromedical standards: his continuing legacy |last=Mohler |first=S R |journal=Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine |year=2001 |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=62–69 |pmid=11194996 |accessdate=2009-06-14}}</ref> was an American medical doctor who founded the [[Aerospace Medical Association]] in 1929.<ref name=AsMA>{{cite web|url=http://www.asma.org/index.php |title=About the AsMA |author=Aerospace Medical Association |accessdate=2008-06-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509132222/http://www.asma.org/index.php |archivedate=2008-05-09 }}</ref> Bauer was the first medical director of the Aeronautics Branch of the [[United States Department of Commerce|Department of Commerce]] which became the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA).

== Career ==

He was [[Commandant]] of the [[School of Aviation Medicine]] between 1919 and 1925. During 1926, he established a medical section in the [[Bureau of Air Commerce]], [[Department of Commerce]]. On October 7, 1929, the [[Aero Medical Association of the United States]] was founded by Bauer.<ref name="Aeronautics and Astronautics Chronology, 1925-1929">{{cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/Timeline/1925-29.html |title=Aeronautics and Astronautics Chronology, 1925-1929 |last=Emme |first=Eugene M. |author-link=Eugene M. Emme |year=1961 |work=Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space, 1915-1960 |publisher=Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration |pages=19–26 |accessdate=2009-06-15}}</ref>

He also founded the [[Journal of Aviation Medicine]], the predecessor of the present [[Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine journal]]. The first issue of this Journal was published in March, 1930.<ref name="Louis H. Bauer: his continuing legacy" /> Bauer was the Journal's editor for 25 years.<ref name="100th anniversary of his birth">{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/20100666 |title=100th anniversary of Dr. Louis H. Bauer's birth |author1=M A Hoffman |author2=M E Rothert |author3=B J Stegmann |publisher=Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine |accessdate=2009-06-14}}</ref>

Bauer was [[President (corporate title)|President]] and [[Chairman]] of the [[American Medical Association]] and leader of the [[World Medical Association]].<ref name="Charles T. Bauer" />

== Personal life ==

He was married to Helena Meredith Bauer who was a social worker with the [[Massachusetts General Hospital]]. Together they had a son, [[Charles Theodore Bauer]], who was born on March 3, 1919. He was [[Entrepreneur|Co-Founder]] and the [[Chairman]] of [[AIM Management Group]].<ref name="Charles T. Bauer">{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/5664474-1.html |title=Charles T. Bauer: Co-Founder and Retired Chairman AIM Management Group |date=June 28, 2004 |publisher=Business Wire |accessdate=2009-06-15}}</ref>

== Louis Bauer Award ==

The Louis Bauer Award is awarded by the [[Aerospace Medical Association]]. It is given in honour of Bauer, who was the founder of the AMA. It is awarded annually "for the most significant contribution in aerospace medicine".<ref name="2002 Award Winners of the AMA">{{cite web |url=http://www.sasma.szd.si/test4/english/honorary/ernsting/doc/cv.htm |title=2002 Award Winners of the Aerospace Medical Association |date=July 2002 |publisher=sasma.szd.si |accessdate=2009-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518172453/http://www.sasma.szd.si/test4/english/honorary/ernsting/doc/cv.htm |archive-date=2007-05-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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