Adolph Louis Sahs (1906-1986) became chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Iowa in 1948 and retired in 1974. Through his academic neurology organizational skills, coordination of multicenter research on subarachnoid hemorrhage, and education of more than 50 neurologists, he helped bring the department to national and international prominence. Sahs was one of the founders of the American Academy of Neurology. He served as president of the Academy, the American Neurological Association, and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Sahs was known as a neurologist who could always take on yet another job in the interest of the specialty.
Keywords: Adolph Sahs; American Academy of Neurology; University of Iowa Department of Neurology; intracranial aneurysms; subarachnoid hemorrhage.