Background
Wiesel, Torsten Nils was born on June 3, 1924 in Upsala, Sweden. Arrived in United States, 1955. Son of Fritz Samuel and Anna-Lisa Elisabet (Bentzer) Wiesel.
Wiesel, Torsten Nils was born on June 3, 1924 in Upsala, Sweden. Arrived in United States, 1955. Son of Fritz Samuel and Anna-Lisa Elisabet (Bentzer) Wiesel.
Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1954. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1989. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Harvard University, 1967.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Linköping University, 1982. Doctor of Science (honorary), New York University, 1987. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Bergen, 1987.
Instructor physiology, Karolinska Institute, 1954-1955;
assistant department child psychiatry, Karolinska Hospital, 1954-1955;
fellow in ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, 1955-1958;
assistant professor ophthalmic physiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1958-1959;
associate in neurophysiology and neuropharmacology, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1959-1960;
assistant professor neurophysiology and neuropharmacology, Harvard University Medical School, 1960-1964;
assistant professor neurophysiology, department psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School, 1964-1967;
professor physiology, Harvard University Medical School, 1967-1968;
professor neurobiology, Harvard University Medical School, 1968-1974;
Robert Winthrop professor neurobiology, Harvard University Medical School, 1974-1983;
department chairman neurobiology, Harvard University Medical School, 1973-1982;
Vincent and Brooke Astor professor neurobiology, head laboratory, Rockefeller U., New York City, since 1983;
president, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1992-1998;
president emeritus, Rockefeller U., New York City, since 1998;
director Leon Levy and Shelby White Center for Mind, Brain, Rockefeller U., New York City, since 1998. Ferrier lecturer Royal Society London, 1972. National Institutes of Health lecturer, 1975.
Grass lecturer Society Neurosci., 1976. Lecturer College de France, 1977. Hitchcock professor.U. California-Berkeley, 1980.
Sharpey-Schafer lecturer Physical Society London. George Cotzias lecturer American Academy Neurology, 1983.
President International Brain Research Orgn,., 1998—2004. Board governors New York Academy of Sciences, 2001—2006, chairman, interim director, 2001—2002. Advisory board member European Brain Research Institute.
Chairman board directors Aaron Diamond Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Center, New York City, 1995—2001. Board directors Hospital Special Surgery, Pew Center Global Climate Change. Member of National Academy of Sciences (chairman committee on human rights 1994—2004, David Rall medal 2005), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Serbian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (foreign), Royal Society, Society Neurosci.
(president 1978-1979), Swedish Physiological Society, National Academy Arts & Sciences, American Academy Arts & Sciences, American Philosophical Society (Karl Spencer Lashley prize 1977), American Physiological Society.
1 daughter, Sara Elisabet.