Background
Gaugh, James Lafayette Mc was born on December 17, 1931 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of William Rufus and Daphne (Hermes) McGaugh.
Gaugh, James Lafayette Mc was born on December 17, 1931 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of William Rufus and Daphne (Hermes) McGaugh.
Bachelor, San Jose State University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy (Abraham Rosenberg fellow), University California - Berkeley, 1959. Senior postdoctoral fellow, NAS-National Research Council.
Senior postdoctoral fellow, Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, Rome, 1962. Doctor of Science (honorary), Southern Illinois University, 1991.
Assistant professor, associate professor psychology, San Jose State University, 1957-1961; associate professor psychology, U. Oregon, 1961-1964; associate professor, University of California, Irvine, 1964-1966; founding department chairman psychobiology, University of California, Irvine, 1964-1967, 71-74, 86-89; professor, University of California, Irvine, 1966-1994; research professor, since 1994; dean School Biological Science, University of California, Irvine, 1967-1970; vice chancellor academic affairs, University of California, Irvine, 1975-1977; executive vice chancellor, University of California, Irvine, 1978-1982; founding director Center Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, since 1983. Member of advisory committees National Institute of Mental Health, 1965-1978, Mental Health Council National Institute of Mental Health, 1992-1995.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society Experimental Psychologists, American Psychological Society (William James fellow 1989, president 1989-1991), Western Psychological Association (president 1992-1993). Member National Academy of Sciences (chairman psychological secat. 1992-1995), American Psychological Association (chief science advisor 1986-1988, Science Contribution award 1981), International Brain Research Organization, Society Neurosci., American College Neuropsychopharmacology, Brazilian Academy of Sciences (foreign member), Collegium International Neuropsychopharmacologicum, Psychonomic Society, European Behavioral Pharmacology Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Carol J. Becker, March 15, 1952. Children: Douglas, Janice, Linda.