Denis Aristide Baylor

Background

Baylor, Denis Aristide was born on January 30, 1940 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. Son of Hugh Murray and Elisabeth Anne (Barbou) Baylor.

Education

Bachelor in Chemistry magna cum laude, Knox College, 1961; Doctor of Science (honorary), Knox College, 1989; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Yale University, 1965.

Career

Post-doctoral fellow, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1965-1968; staff associate, National Institute Neurological Diseases and Stroke, Bethesda, 1968-1970; special fellow USPSH, Physiological Laboratory Cambridge U., England, 1970-1972; associate professor physiology, U. Colorado Medical School, Denver, 1972-1974; associate professor physiology, Stanford University, California, 1974-1975; associate professor neurobiology, Stanford University, California, 1975-1978; professor neurobiology, Stanford University, California, since 1978; department chairman neurobiology, Stanford University, California, 1992-1995; First Annual W.S. Stiles lecturer, U. College, London, England., 1989; Jonathan Magnes lecturer, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, Israel, 1990; Woolsey lecturer, University of Wisconsin, 1992; E. Hille lecturer, U. Washington, 1995. Member National Institutes of Health Visual Sciences Study Section, 1984-1988, chairman, 1986-1988. Visiting com.med. science Harvard University, 1987-1993.

Chairman Summer conference on Vision Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1989. Wellcome visiting professor U. Miami, 1995. Member science advising committee Alcon Research Institute, since 1994.

Member HHMI Science advisory board since 1997, Medical advisory board since 1998. Member science advisory board Foundation Fighting Blindness, since 1998. Trustee The Grass Foundation, since 1995.

Achievements

• Denis Aristide Baylor has been listed as a noteworthy Neurobiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member NAS, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: jogging, woodworking.

Connections

Married Eileen Margaret Steele, August 12, 1983. Children: Denis Murray, Michael Randel. 1 stepchild, Michele Gonelli.

Father:

Hugh Murray Baylor

Mother:

Elisabeth Anne (Barbou) Baylor

Spouse:

Eileen Margaret Steele

child:

Denis Murray Baylor

child:

Michael Randel Baylor