1939
Dr. Couch is born in Bryan, Texas.
1961
Dr. Couch receives a Bachelor of Science in zoology from Texas A&M University.
1965
Dr. Couch receives a Doctor of Medicine from Baylor University.
1966
Dr. Couch receives a Doctor of Philosophy in physiology from Baylor University.
1966
Dr. Couch becomes an intern at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
1967
Dr. Couch becomes a Fellow in the Laboratory of Neuropharmacology of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
1969
Dr. Couch becomes a resident in neurology at Washington University in St. Louis.
1969
Dr. Couch studies postgraduate courses at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
1972
Dr. Couch becomes an assistant professor in the Division of Neurology at The University of Kansas Medical Center.
1976
Dr. Couch is promoted to associate professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
1979
Dr. Couch becomes a full professor of neurology and chief of the Division of Neurology at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
1979
Dr. Couch joins the Memorial Health System as a consultant of speech and hearing laboratory, and director of the Muscular Dystrophy Clinic and the EEG Laboratory.
1988
Dr. Couch serves as acting chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
1992
Dr. Couch is appointed chairman of the Department of Neurology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
1998
Dr. Couch is appointed president of the American Headache Society.
2006
Dr. Couch becomes a professor of neurology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
2017
Dr. Couch is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and is named a Distinguished Humanitarian by Marquis Who’s Who.
2018
Dr. Couch receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Headache Cooperative of New England.