Background
Lacey, John Irving was born on April 11, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David and Cecelia (Burnstein) Lacey.
educator physiologist psychologist
Lacey, John Irving was born on April 11, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David and Cecelia (Burnstein) Lacey.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1941.
Instructor, Queen's College, Flushing, New York, 1941-1942; member of faculty, Antioch College, 1946-1977; professor psychophysiology, Antioch College, 1956-1977; member of staff, Fels Research Institute, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1946-1982; chief section behavioral physiology, Fels Research Institute, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1946-1982; Fels professor psychiatry, Wright State University Medical School, 1977-1982; professor emeritus, Wright State University Medical School, since 1982. Consultant United States Public Health Service, 1957-1982, Food and Drug Administration, 1977-1982. Member board science counselors National Institute Aging, National Institutes of Health, 1977-1980.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow American Psychological Society (William James fellow 1989). Member Society Psychophysiol.
Research (award for distinguished contributions 1970, president 1961-1962, director 1965-1968), American Psychosomatic Society (board directors 1959-1962), Society Experimental Psychologists, American Psychological Association (president division physiological and comparative psychology 1969-1970, member of council 1964-1968, 70-73, 78-79, board dirs.1974-1977, Distinguished Science Contribution award 1976), American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman of the section 1985-1986), Psychonomic Society, Society for Neurosci., Academy Behavioral Medicine Research, International Brain Research Organisation, National Academy Sciences (chair committee new technologies in cognitive psychophysiology with National Research Council 1988), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Beatrice Lucile Cates, April 16, 1938. Children— Robert Arnold, Carolyn Ellen.