Education
Washington University in Saint Louis. Southern Methodist University.
Washington University in Saint Louis. Southern Methodist University.
He received an Bachelor of Arts, cum laude from Southern Methodist University in 1956 and an Doctor of Medicine, cum laude from the Louis School of Medicine in 1960. The next two years he spent as an intern and resident at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He is chairman emeritus of the Department of Neuropharmacology at The Scripps Research Institute in Louisiana Jolla, California, past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, former editor-in-chief of Science (1995–2000), director of Behavioral Neurobiology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and chief of the Laboratory of Neuropharmacology of the National Institute of Mental Health.
In 1989, he was inducted into the Woodrow Wilson High School Hall of Fame.
National Academy of Sciences.