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Ratliff, Floyd was born on May 1, 1919 in La Junta, Colorado, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Alice (Hubbard) Ratliff.
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Ratliff, Floyd was born on May 1, 1919 in La Junta, Colorado, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Alice (Hubbard) Ratliff.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Colorado College, 1947. Doctor of Science (honorary), Colorado College, 1975. Master of Science, Brown University, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1950. National Research Council fellow, Johns Hopkins, 1951.
From instructor to assistant professor Harvard University, 1951-1954. Associate Rockefeller Institute, 1954-1958. Faculty Rockefeller University, 1958-1989, professor biophysics and physiological psychology, 1966-1989, professor emeritus and from 1989, head laboratory biophysics, 1974-1986.
President Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, New York City, 1983-1989, board directors, from 1983. Research associate School American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, since 1989. Consultant to government, 1957-1989, to John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1986.
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Author: Mach Bands: Quantitative Studies on Neural Networks in the Retina, 1965, Paul Signac and Color in Neo-Impressionism, 1992. Editor: Studies on Excitation and Inhibition in the Retina, 1974. Member editorial board Journal General Physiology, 1969-1986.Contributor articles to professional journals.
Board directors Esperanza, Santa Fe, 1990-1993, president, 1992-1993. 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1941-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Institute Physics, American Psychological Association (distinguished science contribution award 1984), American Psychological Society (William James fellow 1989), Manhattan Philosophical Society, International Brain Research Orgh., American Philosophical Society, China Institute American, Oriental Ceramic Society (London), Oriental Ceramic Society (Hong Kong), 20th Century Chinese Ceramic Society, Asia Society, Japan Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Oriental art (Chinese ceramics of the Sung dynasty).
Married Orma Vernon Priddy, June 10, 1942. 1 child, Merry Alice.
