Background
Hubel, David Hunter was born on February 27, 1926 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Son of Jesse Hervey and Elsie (Hunter) Hubel.
Hubel, David Hunter was born on February 27, 1926 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Son of Jesse Hervey and Elsie (Hunter) Hubel.
Bachelor of Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1951. Doctor of Science (honorary), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1978.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Manitoba, 1983. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Western Ontario, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), Oxford University, 1994.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Gustavus Adolphus College, 1994. Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio State University, 1995. Doctor (honorary), University Madrid, 1997.
Doctor (honorary), University Miguel, 1998. Doctor (honorary), University Toronto, 2002. Doctor (honorary), State University of New York, 2004.
Doctor (honorary), McMaster University, 2005. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Johns Hopkins University, 1990. Juris Doctor (honorary), Dalhousie University, 1998.
Intern, Montreal General Hospital, 1951-1952;
assistant resident neurology, Montreal Neurological Institute, 1952-1953;
fellow clinical neurophysiology, Montreal Neurological Institute, 1953-1954;
assistant resident neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1954-1955;
research fellow, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1955-1958;
senior fellow neurological science group, Johns Hopkins University, 1958-1959;
faculty, Harvard University Medical School, since 1959;
George Packer Berry professor physiology, department chairman, Harvard University Medical School, 1967-1968;
George Packer Berry professor neurobiology, Harvard University Medical School, 1968-1982;
John Franklin Enders university professor, Harvard University Medical School, since 1982;
George H. Bishop lecturer experimental neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, 1964;
Jessup lecturer biological science, Columbia, 1970;
James Arthur lecturer, American Museum Natural History, 1972;
Ferrier lecturer, Royal Society London, 1972;
Harvey lecturer, Rockefeller U., 1976;
Weizmann memorial lecturer, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1979;
George Eastman professor, Oxford, England, 1991-1992. Eastman professor, Oxford, England, 1991-1992. Fenn lecturer 30th international congress International Union Psychological Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1986.
Researcher brain mechanisms in vision. Board syndics Harvard University Press, 1979-1983;Brookhart lecturer Oregon Health Sciences, 1992, Murlin lecturer U. Rochester, 1992, Thurston lecturer Washington University, 1992. 1st annual George A. Miller lecturer Cognitive Neurosci.
Society, 1995; keynote speaker plenary session American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Baltimore, 1995. Hoyt lecturer U. California.Sch. Medicine, San Francisco, 1995.
Served with Army of the United States, 1955-1958. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member NAS, American Physiological Society (Bowditch lecturer 1966), Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Society for Neurosci.
(Grass lecturer 1976, Gerard award 1993), Association forRsch. in Vision and Ophthalmology (Friedenwald award 1975), Johns Hopkins University Society Scholars, American Philosophical Society (Karl Spencer Lashley prize 1977), Royal Society London, Spanish Society Ophthalmology (honorary), AcadmicaEuropaea (foreign member), Sigma Xi.
Married Shirley Ruth Izzard, June 20, 1953. Children: Carl Andrew, Eric David, Paul Matthew.