Background
Lacey, Beatrice Cates was born on July 22, 1919 in New York City. Daughter of Louis Henry and Mollie (Libowitz) Cates.
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Beatrice Cates Lacey
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Beatrice Cates Lacey, American psychophysiologist. Achievements include research and publications in psychophysiology of the autonomic nervous system. Recipient Distinguished Science Contribution award, American Psychological Association, 1976, Psychological Science Gold Medal award, American Psychological Foundation, 1985.
Education
Student, Columbia University, 1935-1938; Bachelor of Arts with distinction, Cornell Univercity, 1940; Master of Arts, Antioch College, 1958.
Career
Member staff, Fels Research Institute, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1953-1982; senior investigator, Fels Research Institute, 1966-1972; senior scientist, Fels Research Institute, 1972-1982; instructor, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 1956-1963; assistant professor, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 1963-1968; associate professor, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 1968-1973; professor, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 1973-1982; Fels professor psychiatry, Wright State University School Medicine, 1977-1982; clinical professor psychiatry, Wright State University School Medicine, 1982-1989; Fels professor emeritus, Wright State University School Medicine, since 1989; acting science director, Fels Research Institute, 1979-1982.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Academy Behavioral Medicine Research, Society Experimental Psychologists, American Psychological Society (William James fellow 1989). Member Society Psychophysiol. Research (director 1972-1975, president 1978-1979), Society Neurosci., Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married John I. Lacey, April 16, 1938. Children: Robert Arnold, Carolyn Ellen.
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November 9, 2000 (aged 81) -
Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Distinguished Science Contribution award, American Psychological Association, 1976, Psychological Science Gold Medal award, American Psychological Foundation, 1985.Recipient Distinguished Science Contribution award, American Psychological Association, 1976, Psychological Science Gold Medal award, American Psychological Foundation, 1985.