Background
Harris, Louis Selig was born on March 27, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Max Selig and Pearl (Oppochinski) Harris.
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Louis Selig Harris
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Bachelor, Harvard University, 1954; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1958.
Career
Section head, senior research biologist, Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute, Rensselaer, New York, 1958-1966;
lecturer in pharmacology, Albany (New York) Medical College, 1959-1966;
from associate professor to professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1966-1973;
Harvey Haag professor, Medical College Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, since 1972;
chairman pharmacology, toxicology department, Medical College Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, 1972-1992;
associate vice president health science, Medical College Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, since 1996;
acting associate director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, Maryland., 1987-1988. Sterling Drug visiting professor, 1983. Member commission on problems of drug dependence NAS/National Research Council, 1973-1977.
Member Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc.,1977-1993, chairman, 1990-1992. Honorary professor Beijing Medical U., People's Republic of China, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College Neuropsychopharmacology, College Problems Drug Dependence. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Chemical Society, American Association for Medical School Pharmacology, American Pain Society (charter 1977), American Pharmaceutical Association, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Association Harvard Chemists, Elisha Mitchell Science Society, International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association, Society for Neurosci., International Society Bio-chemical Pharmacology, International Society for Study of Pain, Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum, Virginia Academy Science, Harvard Club Boston, Cosmos Club Washington.
Connections
Married Ruth Irma Schaufus, August 22, 1952. 1 child, Charles Allan.
