Background
Killam, Eva King was born on November 16, 1921 in New York City. Daughter of Charles H. and Louise C. (Richter) King.
Killam, Eva King was born on November 16, 1921 in New York City. Daughter of Charles H. and Louise C. (Richter) King.
AB, Sarah Lawrence College, 1942; AM, Mount Holyoke College, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, University of Illinois, 1953.
Pharmacologist, Army Chemical Center, Maryland., 1948-1951; junior research pharmacologist, then associate research pharmacologist, University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, 1953-1959; research associate, Stanford University Medical School, 1959-1968; professor physiology, University of California, Davis, 1968-1972; professor pharmacology, University of California, 1972-1991; professor emeritus, University of California, since 1991; epilepsy advising committee, National Institutes of Health, 1976-1980; study section preclinical pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, 1972-1976.
Fellow American College Neuropsychopharmacology (counselor 1980-1984, president 1988). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (counselor 1972-1975, president-elect 1988, president 1989-1990, Abel award 1954), Western Pharmacology Society (Council 1980-1983, president 1984), Epilepsy Society, Board Science Counselors, National Institute for Neurological and Communicature Disorders and Stroke, Sigma Xi.
Married Keith F. Killam, Junior, May 12, 1955. Children: Anne Louise, Paul Fenton, Melissa Helen.