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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.
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[2]
[3] The
National Academy of Sciences called him "one of the founders of ...
behavioral neuroscience".
[2]
Stellar was a provost at the
University of Pennsylvania,
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[1] a member of the
National Academy of Sciences
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[2] and the president of the Academy's the Human Rights Committee,
[3] president of the
Eastern Psychological Association,
[3] president of the
American Philosophical Society,
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a recipient of the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Physiologists
[3] and of the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement.
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- November 1, 1919: born in
Boston, Massachusetts
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- 1941: graduated from
Harvard University
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- 1942: M.S.,
Brown University
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- 1947: Ph.D.,
Brown University
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- 1947-1960: faculty positions at
Johns Hopkins University
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- 1960-1965: professor of physiological psychology, Department of Anatomy, the
University of Pennsylvania
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- 1967: the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Physiologists
- 1965-1973: director of the Institute of Neurological Sciences, the
University of Pennsylvania
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- 1973-1978: provost, the
University of Pennsylvania
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- 1990, at age 70, Chair of the Department of Anatomy,
University of Pennsylvania
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- 1993: the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement
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- 1993 dies of cancer at the University Medical Center in Philadelphia
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