Robert Burns Gunn

Background

Gunn, Robert Burns was born on July 12, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Ross and Gladys J. (Rowley) Gunn.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1961; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1966.

Career

Special fellow, United States Public Health Svc., 1969-1971; research associate department physiology and pharmacology, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1969-1971; assistant professor department physiology and pharmacology, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1971-1975; associate professor department pharmacology and physiological science, Pritzer School Medicine, University of Chicago, 1975-1981; professor, department chairman physiology, Emory University School Medical, Atlanta, since 1981. Visiting researcher Institute for Biophysics, U. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1971-1972.

Achievements

• Robert Burns Gunn has been listed as a noteworthy Physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant commander United States Public Health Service, 1967-1969. Member Biophysical Society (treasurer 1987-1995, Kenneth S. Cole award 1987), Society General Physiologists (treasurer 1981-1984, president 1989-1990), Association Chairman Depts. of Physiology (president 1989-1990), American Physiological Society (education committee, chairman cell and general section since 1998).

Connections

Married Sharon McClellan, August 24, 1963. Children: Lora, Heather, Molly, Ian.

Father:

Ross Gunn

Mother:

Gladys J. (Rowley) Gunn

Spouse:

Sharon McClellan

child:

Lora Gunn

child:

Ian Gunn

child:

Molly Gunn

child:

Heather Gunn