B.A. (1965) and Ph.D. (1969) degrees in Zoology from UCLA. Postdoctoral studies at the University of Utah School of Medicine (1969-1972). Faculty member in Biology at Yale University (1972-1983) rising from Assistant Professor to Professor with tenure, and beginning studies on the development of spinal cord motor circuits in avian and mouse embryos. Professor at the University of Connecticut, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience (1983-1993). Relocated to Case Western Reserve University Department of Neurosciences in 1993 and became the Arlene and Curtis Garvin Professor and Chair from 1997 until becoming Professor Emerita in 2014. Service on numerous editorial boards and government review panels, President of the Society for Developmental Biology (1988-89), Secretary of the Society for Neuroscience (1992-1994). Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993) and the National Academy of Sciences (2001). Also served on the HHMI Investigator Review Board (2001-2020) and the Advisory Board of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan (2003-2018).

Birth / Deceased Date

November 30, 1943 - November 29, 2024

Biographical Memoir Available

No

Membership Type

Member

Election Year

2001

Primary Section

Section 24: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Secondary Section

Section 28: Systems Neuroscience