Background
Kety, Seymour Solomon was born on August 25, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Ethel (Snyderman) Kety.
Kety, Seymour Solomon was born on August 25, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Ethel (Snyderman) Kety.
Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1940. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1965.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Loyola University, 1969. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Illinois, 1981. Doctor of Science (honorary), Mount Sinai University, 1982.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical College Pennsylvania, 1985. Doctor of Science (honorary), Georgetown University, 1987. Doctor of Science (honorary), Washington University, 1989.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Copenhagen, 1979. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Michigan, 1991.
Intern, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1940-1942;
National Research Council fellow, Harvard University, 1942-1943;
instructor to assistant professor pharmacology School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1943-1948;
professor clinical physiology, Graduate School Medicine, 1948-1951;
scientific director, National Institutions Mental Health and Neurological Diseases and Blindness, 1951-1956;
chief Laboratory Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, 1956-1967;
director psychiatric research, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1967-1977;
director psychiatric research, McLean Hospital, Massachusetts, 1977-1983;
psychobiologist, McLean Hospital, Massachusetts, 1977-1997;
honorary, McLean Hospital, Massachusetts, since 1997;
senior scientist, National Institute of Mental Health, 1983-1996;
emeritus, National Institute of Mental Health, since 1996;
Henry Phipps professor, director department psychiatry School Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1961-1962, 77-83;
psychobiologist, McLean Hospital, 1977-1997;
honorary, McLean Hospital, since 1997;
professor psychiatry Medical School, Harvard University, 1967-1980;
professor neuroscience Medical School, Harvard University, 1980-1983;
professor emeritus neuroscience Medical School, Harvard University, since 1983. Thomas Dent Mütter lecturer, 1951, Eastman lecturer, 1957, William Harvey Tercentenary lecturer, 1957, National Institutes of Health lecturer, 1960, Thomas William Salmon lecturer, 1961, Alvarenga Prize lecturer, 1961, Academy lecturer American Psychiatric Association, 1961, Saul Korey lecturer, 1964, James Arthur lecturer, 1966, 3d Mental Health Research Fund lecturer, London, 1965, Heinrich Waelschlectr., 1969, Benjamin Musser lecturer, 1970, Edward Mapother lecturer, London, 1974, George Bishop lecturer, 1975, Harvey lecturer Rockefeller U., 1975, Grass Foundation lecturer, 1975, Henry Maudsley lecturer, London, 1978, Edward Sachar lecturer, 1985. Visiting professor College de France, 1966-1967.
Fellow Center Advisory Study in Behaviroal Science, 1978-1979, honorary professor Shantou U., China, since 1995.
Organizing committee International Neurochem. Symposia, 1952-1960; science advisorycom. Massachusetts General Hospital, 1956-1960.
Board director Foundation Fund Research in Pyschiatry, 1962-1965. Associate Neuroscis. Research Foundation, 1962-1983. Trustee Rockefeller U., 1976-1985.
Member visiting committee for biology California Institute Technology, 1972-1976. Member visiting committee for psychology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973-1976. Member overview cluster President's biomedical Research Panel, 1975-1976.
Chairman Bioscience advising committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959-1960. Member President's Panel on Mental Retardation, 1961-1962. Distinguished fellow American Psychiat Association (Distinguished Svc. award 1980), Royal College Psychiatrists London (honorary).
Fellow American Neurological Association (honorary). Member National Academy Sciences (Kovalenko award 1973, Neurosci. award 1988), American Philosophical Society (Lashley award 1992), Association Research Nervous Mental Disease (trustee, president 1965, 80, Research Achievement award 1980), American Psychopath. Association (president 1965, Paul Hoch award 1973), Society for Psychiatric Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, International Society Cerebral Bld.
Flow and Metabolism (honorary president since 1980), Society for Neurosci. (Grass. Foundation award 1975, Ralph Gerard award 1986), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Josephine R. Gross, June 18, 1940. Children: Lawrence Philip, Roberta Frances.