Larry Williams Swanson

Background

Swanson, Larry Williams was born on December 13, 1945 in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, United States. Son of Bernard J. and Shirley (Ferron) Swanson.

Education

Bachelor in Biochemistry, Pomona College, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Neurobiology, Washington University, St. Louis, 1972.

Career

Assistant professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1979-1980; staff scientist, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, 1980-1984; senior member, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, 1984-1990; adjunct assistant professor, University of California, San Diego, 1980-1986; Adjunct Professor, University of California, San Diego, 1986-1990; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, La Jolla, 1985-1990; professor biological science, U. So Calf., Los Angeles, since 1990. Member neurology-B National Institutes of Health Study Section, Bethesda, Maryland., 1981-1985. Lector GrassFound., since 1983;consultant Special Project on Instinct, Tsukuba, Japan, 1987.

Achievements

• Larry Williams Swanson has been listed as a noteworthy Neurobiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

World Bank consultant Beijing Medical College, 1984. Participant in National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Neurofibromatosis, Washington, 1987. Member Institute Medicine Committee on National Neural Circuitry Database, Washington, 1989-1990.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Neurosci., American Association for History Medicine.

Connections

Married S. Neely, August 15, 1970. 1 child, Reid William.

Father:

Bernard J. Swanson

Mother:

Shirley (Ferron) Swanson

Spouse:

S. Neely

child:

Reid William Swanson