Background
BENNETT, Michael Vander Laan was born on January 7, 1931 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Martin Toscan Bennett and Cornelia Vander Laan Bennett.
BENNETT, Michael Vander Laan was born on January 7, 1931 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Martin Toscan Bennett and Cornelia Vander Laan Bennett.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, England, 1957.
Research worker, College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York City, 1957-1958; research associate, College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York City, 1958-1959; assistant professor neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York City, 1959-1961; associate professor neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York City, 1961-1966; co-director neurobiology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1970-1974; professor anatomy, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1967-1974; professor neuroscience, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1974-1996; chairman neuroscience, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1982-1996; Sylvia and Robert S. Olnick Professor of Neurosci., Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, since 1986. Editor review journals. Contributor articles to professional journals.
North.A.S., American Association of Anatomists, American Physiological Society, American Society for Cell Biology, American Society of Zoologists, Biophysical Society, Society for Neuroscience, Society of General Physiologists. Editorial Bds. Brain Research since 1975, Journal of Cell Biology 1983-1985, Journal of Neurobiology since 1969 (Association Editor since 1979), Journal of Neurocytology 1980-1982, Journal of Neuroscience.
Married Ruth Berman, July 19, 1963 (divorced 1993). Children: Nicholas Toscan, Elena Paula. Married R. Suzanne Zukin November 19, 1997.