Warren Clark (Bucky) Boop Jr., 87, died May 19, 2021. Warren graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Warren attended medical school at UT Memphis, graduating in 1956. This was followed by a year of internship at Baroness Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, then a year of surgery at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville. He served in the US Navy as Ship's Surgeon aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence. In 1960, he entered a Navy sponsored civilian residency in neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota under Professor Lyle French. Following completion of training, Warren received orders as Staff Neurosurgeon at the Oakland Naval Hospital (California). As the Vietnam war escalated, he was transferred to Great Lakes Naval Hospital as Chief of Neurosurgery.



In 1969, he resigned his Naval commission to accept a position as Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. With department chairman Stevenson Flanigan they established the first neurosurgical training program in Arkansas in 1970. In 1976 he became Professor of Neurosurgery at UAMS and Chief of Neurosurgery at the Little Rock Veteran's Hospital. He served as Director of the Pain Control Program at Arkansas Rehabilitation Institute. In 1994, he retired from academic practice. His academic career was notable for his service as President of the Southern Neurosurgical Society (SNS) in 1985, and he was active in many professional societies (NSA, AANS and AMA).

Warren was pre-deceased by his wife, Nancy, and a sister. He is survived by three children. One of the surviving children is Lynda Williams, a Research Professor of geochemistry in the  School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU. Warren is also survived by six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Warren requested that any memorials be directed either to Wildwood Performing Arts Park in Little Rock or to Second Presbyterian Church of Little Rock. A Memorial Service will be held for both Warren and Nancy on June 19, 2021 at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, 11AM. (Source: ASU Foundation)