William DuWayne Neff

Background

Neff, William DuWayne was born on October 27, 1912 in Lomax, Illinois, United States. Son of Lyman M. and Emma (Jacobson) Neff.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1940.

Career

Research associate, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1940-1942; research scientist, Columbia University, also University of California divisions war research, New London, Connecticut, 1942-1946; from assistant professor to professor, University of Chicago, 1946-1961; director laboratory physiological psychology, Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1963; research professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1963-1983; research professor emeritus, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1983; director, Center for Neural Sciences, 1964-1978. Consultant National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency. Staff adviser National Academy Sciences-National Research Council Committee onHearing, Bioacoustics and Biomechanics.

Achievements

• William DuWayne Neff has been listed as a notable Research scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Contributions to Sensory Physiology, Volume 7.
  • Contributions to Sensory Physiology
  • Contributions to Sensory Physiology. Volumes 1 & 2.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Acoustical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Physiological Society, Psychonomic Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society for Neurosci., Society Experimental Psychology, American Otological Society, Otosclerosis Study Group, American Academy Neurology, British Royal Society Medicine (affiliate) New York Academy of Sciences, International Society Audiology, International Brain Research Organization, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Ernestine Anderson, September 1937 (divorced 1960). Married Florence Palmer Anderson, September 23, 1961 (deceased May 1978). Children– Carol Jean (Mistress William Fritsch), Peter Lyman.

Father:

Lyman M. Neff

Mother:

Emma (Jacobson) Neff

Spouse:

Florence Palmer Anderson

Spouse:

Ernestine Anderson

child:

Carol Jean Neff (Mistress William Fritsch)

child:

Peter Lyman Neff