Background
Wasserman, Gerald Steward was born on November 22, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Julius and Bessie (Weissman) Wasserman.
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Gerald Steward Wasserman, American psychobiology educator. Achievements include patent for sensory prosthesis; discovered task dependence of sensory coding; development of temporal summation index of mental timing; design of artificial receptor for use in nerve deafness; brain control of photoreceptor timing. Recipient First Prize Midwest region Johns Hopkins National Search for Computing to Assist the Disabled, Chicago, 1991.
Education
Bachelor, New York University, New York City, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965.
Career
Research assistant, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York City, 1959-1961; graduate assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1963; graduate fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1965; postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965-1967; assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967-1970; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970-1985; professor psychobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1975.
Achievements
Membership
President Temple Israel, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1984-1985. Fellow American Psychological Society, Optical Society of America. Member International Society Psychophysics, International Brain Research Organization, Acoustical Society of America, Society Neurosci.
Connections
Married Louise Janet Mund, June 17, 1962. Children: Mark Daniel, Rachel Lynn.
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Political Party
Liberterian
Education
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1961
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1965
Career
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1959 - 1961
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1961 - 1963
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1965 - 1967
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1967 - 1970
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1975