Joseph Clayton Schoolar

Background

Schoolar, Joseph Clayton was born on February 28, 1928 in Marks, Mississippi, United States. Son of Adrian Taylor and Leah (Covington) Schoolar.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Tennessee, Memphis, 1950; Master of Sciences, University Tennessee, Memphis, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1957; Doctor of Medicine University of Chicago, 1960.

Career

Chief drug abuse research, TRIMS, Houston, 1966-1972; associate professor, University Texas Graduate School biomedical Sciences, Houston, since 1968; professor psychiatry, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1975; professor pharmacology, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1974; chief division psychopharmacology, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1973; director, Texas Research Institute Mental Sciences, Houston, 1972-1985. Member National Board Medical Examiners' Task Force on Drug Abuse and Alcoholism, since 1982. Member Drug Abuse Advisory Committee, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1983-1985, chairman, 1984.

Chairman professional needs planning task force National Institute Drug Abuse, Washington, since 1977.

Achievements

• Joseph Clayton Schoolar has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist, pharmacologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Current issues in adolescent psychiatry

    (Book by SCHOOLAR, Joseph C. edited by)

Membership

Cons. Parents' League Houston, 1972-1974. Member coordinating committee Citizens Mental Health Service, Houston, 1976. Member academic committee for study ofviolence Houston Police Department, 1979.

Board directors Can-Do-It, Houston, since 1982. Served to First lieutenant United States Army, 1945-1947. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American College Psychiatrists.

Member American College Neuropsychopharmacology, Collegium Internationale NeuroPsychopharmacologicum, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

Connections

Married Betty Jane Peck, November 2,1960. Children— Jonathan Covington, Cynthia Jane, Geoffrey Michael, Catherine Elizabeth, Adrian Carson.

Father:

Adrian Taylor Schoolar

Mother:

Leah (Covington) Schoolar

Spouse:

Betty Jane Peck