Eliot Stellar (November 1, 1919 – October 12, 1993) was an American physiological psychologist who did research of the physiological processes of the brain and how they affect motivation and behavior.New York Times:Dr. Eliot Stellar, 73; Viewed Psychology Through Physiology;By WOLFGANG SAXON; October 15, 1993National Academies Press:Biographical Memoirs:Eliot Stellar;By Jay SchulkinUniversity of Pennsylvania:Eliot Stellar Papers;ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS;Eliot Stellar The National Academy of Sciences called him "one of the founders of ... behavioral neuroscience". Stellar was a provost at the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the president of the Academy's the Human Rights Committee, president of the Eastern Psychological Association, president of the American Philosophical Society, a recipient of the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Physiologists and of the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement.
Chronology November 1, 1919: born in Boston, Massachusetts 1941: graduated from Harvard University 1942: M.S., Brown University 1947: Ph.D., Brown University 1947-1960: faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University 1960-1965: professor of physiological psychology, Department of Anatomy, the University of Pennsylvania 1967: the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Physiologists 1965-1973: director of the Institute of Neurological Sciences, the University of Pennsylvania 1973-1978: provost, the University of Pennsylvania 1990, at age 70, Chair of the Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania 1993: the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement 1993 dies of cancer at the University Medical Center in Philadelphia
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