1932
Dr. McKhann is born in Boston, Massachusetts to Charles Fremont McKhann and Emily McKhann.
1948
Dr. McKhann studies courses at Harvard University.
1955
Dr. McKhann receives a Doctor of Medicine from Yale University and becomes an intern at New York Hospital.
1956
Dr. McKhann becomes an assistant resident in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
1957
Dr. McKhann becomes a clinical associate at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
1957
Dr. McKhann serves with the U.S. Public Health Service.
1960
Dr. McKhann becomes a resident in neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
1963
Dr. McKhann becomes an assistant professor of pediatrics and neurology at Stanford University.
1969
Dr. McKhann is appointed head of the neurology department and becomes a Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University.
1974
Dr. McKhann receives the Medical Student Teaching Award from Johns Hopkins University.
1978
Dr. McKhann receives the Weinstein-Goldenson Research Award from United Cerebral Palsy.
1988
Dr. McKhann is appointed director of the Zanvyl Krieger Mind Brain Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
1994
Dr. McKhann is presented with an honorary Doctor of Medicine from Hebei Medical College in Shijiazhuang, China.
1996
Dr. McKhann receives the Undergraduate Teaching Award from Johns Hopkins University.
2000
Dr. McKhann serves as acting director for clinical activities at the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Strokes of the National Institutes of Health.