Fred Wilson Ellis

Background

Ellis, Fred Wilson was born on April 24, 1914 in Heath Springs, South Carolina, United States. Son of George Dixon and Mary Jane (Hammond) Ellis.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University South Carolina, 1936. Postgraduate, Yale University, 1937. Master of Science, University Florida, 1938.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1941. Certified in medicine, University North Carolina, 1948. Doctor of Medicine, Duke, 1952.

Career

Associate pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, 1942-1944; faculty pharmacology, U. North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, since 1944; professor, U. North Carolina School Medicine, 1964-1980; professor emeritus, U. North Carolina School Medicine, since 1980. Visiting professor pharmacology U. Kentucky Medical Center. Consultant Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina.

Member science advisory council Distilled Spirits Council United States, Washington, since 1973. Member peer review board National Council on Alcoholism, New York City, 1973-1979. Member North Carolina Alcoholism Research Authority, 1974-1984, vice-chairman, 1978-1982.

Member psychopharmacology study section National Institutes of Health. Consultant North Carolina Breath and Blood Analyser Training and Teaching Program.

Achievements

• Fred Wilson Ellis has been listed as a noteworthy pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice-chairman Chapel Hill Board Education, 1961-1963, member, 1963-1967.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Ervin Landrum, August 6, 1940. Children: Barbara (Mistress Glenn E. Minah), Marybeth (Mistress Stephen Cockcroft), Frances (Mistress Alan Segar), Frieda (Mistress Lawrence G. Norris).

Father:

George Dixon Ellis

Mother:

Mary Jane (Hammond) Ellis

Spouse:

Elizabeth Ervin Landrum

child:

Marybeth Ellis (Mistress Stephen Cockcroft)

child:

Frieda Ellis (Mistress Lawrence G. Norris)

child:

Frances Ellis (Mistress Alan Segar)

child:

Barbara Ellis (Mistress Glenn E. Minah)