Wilbur Brooks Quay

Background

Quay, Wilbur Brooks was born on March 7, 1927 in Cleveland. Son of Paul Quilliam Quay and Katharine (Brooks) Pennebaker.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1950; Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1952.

Career

Instructor, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, 1952-1956; assistant professor to professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1956-1973; research associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1983-1990; research fellow, Netherlands Center Institute Brain Research, Amsterdam, 1966; professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973-1977; professor, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1977-1983; senior scientist, Healthdyne Inc., Advisory Development Division, Napa, California, 1983-1984. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1983-1990. Principal investigator research grants National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, others, 1956-1981.

Co-investigator and/or trainer research and training grants, Ford Foundation, National Institutes of Health, others, 1973-1979.

Achievements

• Wilbur Brooks Quay has been listed as a noteworthy biologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Pineal chemistry in cellular and physiological mechanisms, (American lecture series, publication no. 894. A publication in the Bannerstone division of American lectures in living chemistry)

Membership

With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, American Ornithological Union, American Physiological Society, American Society Neurochemistry, International Brain Research Organisation.

Connections

Married Catherine Charlet Knox, December 24, 1976. 1 child, Karen Worthington.

Father:

Paul Quilliam Quay Pennebaker

Mother:

Katharine (Brooks) Pennebaker

Spouse:

Catherine Charlet Knox

child:

Karen Worthington Quay