Melvin Lee Billingsley

Background

Billingsley, Melvin Lee was born on October 3, 1953 in Pittsburgh.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biophysics-Microbiology and Biology, U. Pittsburgh, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1981; postdoctoral, Yale University, 1981-1982.

Career

Research assistant department pharmacology, U. Pittsburgh, 1974-1975; pharmacologist, Stuart Pharmaceuticals division Imperial Chemical Industries, Wilmington, Delaware, 1975-1977; postdoctoral fellow department pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, 1981-1982; staff fellow section on biochemistry pharmacology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1982-1984; assistant professor pharmacology Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, 1984-1987; associate professor Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, 1987-1991; professor, Hershey Medical Center, since 1991; director, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, since 1988; acting director cell and molecular biology graduate program, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, 1989-1990; director section research resources, Pennsylvania State University. Reviewer grants American heart Association, Pennsylvania chapter, 1988-1989, Ben Franklin Partnership, since 1990, Public Health Science (National Institutes of Health), National Science Foundation, VA.

Achievements

• Melvin Lee Billingsley has been listed as a noteworthy Neuropharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman board directors Center Pennsylvania Technology Council, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1990-1992. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Neurosci. (past president Susquehanna chapter), American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Son of m. and Mary (Niznik) B. Married Elizabeth Magill, September 14, 1991. Children: Tyler D., Chelsea D., Andrew M.

Spouse:

Elizabeth Magill

child:

Chelsea D. Billingsley

child:

Tyler D. Billingsley

child:

Andrew M. Billingsley