Benjamin Gaylord Brackett

Background

Brackett, Benjamin Gaylord was born on November 18, 1938 in Athens, Georgia, United States. Son of Ernest Marshall and Julia Claire (Cook) Brackett.

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine cum laude, U. Georgia, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, U. Georgia, 1966; Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1971.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow department biochemistry, U. Georgia, Athens, 1962-1966; professor College Veterinary Medical, U. Georgia, Athens, since 1983; head department physiology/pharmacology, U. Georgia, Athens, 1983-1995; from associate to professor department obstetrics-gynecology, School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1966-1974; professor of animal reproduction School Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1974-1983; also, professor of research obstetrics-gynecology School Medicine. Consultant on impacts of applied genetics Office of Technology Assessment, United States.Congress, 1979-1980, to contraceptive R & D program Eastern Virginia School Medicine, Norfolk, 1986-1991. President, Chairman, Board Of Directors Reproductive Biological Associations, Inc., Atlanta, 1983-1988.

Achievements

• Benjamin Gaylord Brackett has been listed as a noteworthy Physiology and pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • New Technologies in Animal Breeding

Membership

Member International Embryo Transfer Society (president 1984-1985), American Society Reproductive Medicine, American Society Andrology, Society for Study of Fertility, Society.for Study of Reproduction (secretary 1982-1986), American Veterinary Medical Association, Georgia Veterinary Medical Association, American Physiological Society, Four Chaplains Legion of Honor.

Connections

Married Ann Thornton Crawford, August 22, 1959. Children: Laura Ellen, Jeffrey Crawford, David Gregory.

Father:

Ernest Marshall Brackett

Mother:

Julia Claire (Cook) Brackett

Spouse:

Ann Thornton Crawford

child:

David Gregory Brackett

child:

Jeffrey Crawford Brackett

child:

Laura Ellen Brackett