Edward Herman Polley

Background

Polley, Edward Herman was born on September 20, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Sam and Anna (Revzin) Polley.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1947; Master of Science, St. Saint Louis University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, St. Saint Louis University, 1951.

Career

United States Public Health Service postdoctoral research fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, 1951-1953; Instructor, then assistant professor anatomy, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1953-1959; assistant professor, then associate professor, U. Maryland. Medical School, 1964-1970; research biologist, Edgewood (Maryland.) Arsenal, 1959-1970; professor anatomy, neurosurgery and ophthalmology, University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, since 1970. Visiting professor department pharmaceutical and physiological science University of Chicago, 1979-1980.

Achievements

• Edward Herman Polley has been listed as a noteworthy anatomist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American Association Anatomists, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Neurosci., Sigma Xi. Clubs: Cajal.

Connections

Married Jo Ann Welsh, August 11, 1953. Children: Lisa, Eric.

Father:

Sam Polley

Mother:

Anna (Revzin) Polley

Spouse:

Jo Ann Welsh

child:

Lisa Polley

child:

Eric Polley