Background
SAWYER, Charles was born on January 24, 1915 in Ludlow, Vermont, United States. Son of John Guy Sawyer and Edith Mabel (Morgan) Sawyer.
SAWYER, Charles was born on January 24, 1915 in Ludlow, Vermont, United States. Son of John Guy Sawyer and Edith Mabel (Morgan) Sawyer.
Bachelor, Middlebury College, 1937. Doctor of Science honoris causa, Middlebury College, 1975. Student, Cambridge University, England, 1938.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1941.
Instructor anatomy Stanford, 1941-1944. Associate, assistant professor, associate professor, professor anatomy Duke University, 1944-1951. Professor anatomy University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1951-1985, professor emeritus, 1985—2006, chairman department, 1955-1963, acting chairman, 1968-1969, faculty research lecturer, 1966-1967.
Editorial board: Endocrinology, 1955-1959, Proceedings Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1959-1963, American Journal Physiology, 1972-1975. Author papers on neuroendocrinology.
Member International Brain Research Organization (council 1964-1968), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Anatomists (vice president 1969-1970, Henry Gray award 1984), American Physiological Society, American Zoological Society, Neurosci. Society, Endocrine Society (council 1968-1970, Koch award 1973), American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society Study Reproduction (director 1969-1971, Hartman award 1977), International Neuroendocrine Society (council 1972-1976), Hungarian Society Endocrinology and Metabolism (honorary), Japan Endocrin Society (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Music (symphonic, chamber and piano).
Married Ruth Eleanor Schaeffer, August 23, 1941. 1 daughter, Joan Eleanor.