Background
Wyss, James Michael was born on March 11, 1948 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Alen George and Anne W. (Winicker) Wyss.
Wyss, James Michael was born on March 11, 1948 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Alen George and Anne W. (Winicker) Wyss.
Associate of Arts, Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1968. Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1970. Master of Divinity, Lutheran School Theological, Chicago, 1974.
Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1976.
Instructor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1974-1979; assistant professor, U. Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, 1979-1983; associate professor, U. Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, 1983-1988; professor, U. Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, since 1988; chairman graduate neuroscience training program, U. Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, 1995-1997; associate director, Alzheimer's Disease Center, Birmingham. Chairman PPL Charities, Inc., St. Louis, 1976-1979.
Chairman St. Louis Project United States Law Enforcement Assistant Administration, St. Louis, 1975-1976. Section Chairman First International Workshop on Neurobiology, Bangkok, 1988. Interim pastor Trinity Lutheran Church, Birmingham, Alabama, since 1981, with National Institutes of Health Study Section, since 2009.
Fellow Council High Blood Pressure Research (program committee since 1993). Member National Institutes of Health (neurology B study section 1985-1993, Alabama Heart Association (funding research board 1982-1988, research council 1983-1986), AAALAC(International Council, since 2002, officer, since 2008, ), Society Neurosci., American Physiological Society, American Anatomical Association, Alabama Soccer Association (head coach girls' state team 1987-1989), American Heart Association(Steering Committee, since 2009), Masters Builders Center, (vice chair).
Married Mary Elizabeth Wyss, August 25, 1973. Children: Dana Ann, William Alen, Steven Anthony, Jeannee Marie Cain, Tina Elizabeth Johns.