Background
PURPURA, Dominick was born on April 2, 1927 in New York, United States. Son of John R. Purpura and Rose Ruffino.
PURPURA, Dominick was born on April 2, 1927 in New York, United States. Son of John R. Purpura and Rose Ruffino.
AB, Columbia University, 1949. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1953.
Intern Presbyn Hospital, New York City, 1953—1954. Assistant resident in neurology Neurological Institute, 1954—1955. Professor, chairman department anatomy Albert Einstein College Medicine, Yeshiva University, 1967—1974, science director Kennedy Center, 1969—1972, director Kennedy Center, 1972—1982, professor, chairman department neuroscience, 1974—1982, dean, 1984—2006, dean emeritus, since 2006.
Dean Stanford University, 1982—1984.
Editor-in-chief Brain Research Revs., 1975—2000, Developmental Brain Research, 1981—2000, Molecular Brain Research, 1985—2000, Cognitive Brain Research, 1991—2000, Brain Research, 1975—2000, member editorial board, 1965—2000.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1945-1947. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Neurology, American Association Anatomists, American Association Neurological Surgeons, American Epilepsy Society, American Physiological Society, Association Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, Society Neurosci., Sigma Xi.
Married Florence Williams, 1948. Children: Craig, Kent, Keith, Allyson.