William Chesney DeGroat

Background

DeGroat, William Chesney was born on May 18, 1938 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, 1960; Master of Science, Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1965; postgraduate, University of Pennsylvania, 1965-1966; postgraduate, Australian National U., Canberra, 1966-1967.

Career

Visiting research fellow, John Curtin School Medical Research, Canberra, 1967-1968; assistant professor, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1968-1972; associate professor, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1972-1977; professor pharmacology, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, since 1977; acting department chairman pharmacology, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1978-1980; Adjunct Professor pharmacy, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1978-1988; professor psychology, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1982-1986; member center of neuroscience, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, since 1984; professor department behavioral neuroscience, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1986-1994; professor department neuroscience, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1995-1996. Visiting professor U. College, London, 1998. Member neurobiology study section National Institutes of Health,1983-1988.

Visiting scientist National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism-National Institutes of Health, 1989-1990.

Achievements

• William Chesney DeGroat has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Society for Neurosci. (treasurer, 1994-1995), International Brain Research Organisation, American Gastroenterological Association, Urodynamics Society (Lifetime Achievement award 1995), International Medical Society of Paraplegia, Society for Basic Urologic Research, American Motility Society, American Autonomic Society, International Society for Autonomic Neurosci., Sigma Xi, Rho Chi.

Connections

Son of William Chesney and Margaret (Welch) deG. Married Dorothy Marion Albertson, June 13, 1959. Children: Allyson L., Cynthia L., Jennifer L.

Father:

William Chesney deGroat

Mother:

Margaret (Welch) deGroat

Spouse:

Dorothy Marion Albertson

child:

Cynthia L. deGroat

child:

Allyson L. deGroat

child:

Jennifer L. deGroat