Background
Denenberg, Victor Hugo was born on April 3, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jacob Herman and Gussie (Denenberg) Denenberg.
Denenberg, Victor Hugo was born on April 3, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jacob Herman and Gussie (Denenberg) Denenberg.
He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in 1953 from Purdue University, where he became assistant professor and remained through 1969.
In 1969 he became a professor at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, in the newly formed program in Biobehavioral Sciences, of which he was the head from 1984 to 2000. After his retirement in 2000, he became a professor emeritus at the University of Washington. Denenberg published over 400 scholarly papers and book chapters and trained over 70 Master of Surgery and Doctor of Philosophy students.
While an academic icon of his era, Denenberg was not a strong advocate for promoting diversity in the behavioral and cognitive sciences.
His final intellectual tour de force was a scientific publication that essentially challenges his own life"s work in comparative psychology bringing into question the validity of using transgenic murine models of learning and memory.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Fellow American Psychological Association (executive committee division experimental psychology 1971-1974, executive committee division comparative and physiological psychology 1980-1983, member board science affairs 1989-1992, American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1971-1975), Animal Behavior Society. Member International Society Development Psychobiology (president 1970).
Married Ruth Adele Orner, August 27, 1950 (divorced September 1975). Children: Carol Faith, Susan Vicki, Nancy Gay, Julie Orner. Married Evelyn B. Thoman, November 1975.