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Greenough, William Tallant was born on October 11, 1944 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Harrison and Maryon C. Greenough.
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William Tallant Greenough
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William Tallant Greenough, American Psychobiologist, educator. Research interests include morphological plasticity of cerebellum, experience and learning-based synapse formation, molecular mechanisms of mental retardation, and plasticity of glial cells. Cattell Foundation fellow, 1975-1976; United States Public Health Service and National Science Foundation grantee, since 1969; University of Illinois senior scholar, 1985-1988.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, University Oregon, 1964; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969.
Career
Instructor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1968-1969;
assistant professor, University of Illinois, 1969-1973;
associate professor, University of Illinois, 1973-1977;
chair neural and behavioral biology program, University of Illinois, 1977-1987;
professor psychology, psychiatry, cell and structural biology, University of Illinois, since 1978;
associate director, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 1987-1991;
professor, University of Illinois Center Advanced Study, since 1997;
Swanlund professor psychology, psychiatry, cell biology, University of Illinois Center Advanced Study, since 1998. Visiting professor psychobiology University of California, Irvine, 1972. Visiting professor psychology U. Washington, 1975-1976.
Program chairman Winter Conference on Brain Research, 1984-1985, conference chair, 1994-1995. Panel member integrative neural system National Science Foundation, 1987-1991. Director National Science Foundation Center of Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 1989-1994;vice president, Executive Committee Forum on Research Management, Federal Behavioral, Psychological andCognitive Sciences, 1991-1993.
Member science advisory board American Psychological Association Science.Directorate. Member National Science Foundation Biological Science Directorate Advisory Committee.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chair section I, Psychology 2001-2002), Society for Research into Child Development (distinguished Science Contribution award 2003, American Psychological Association (Distinguished Science Contribution award 1999), American Psychological Society (William James Fellow award 1998), Society Experimental Psychology, American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, Society Neurosci. (councilor 1990-1994, treasurer 2003-2005), Society Development Neurosci., Society Development Psychobiology (board directors 1977-1980), Sigma Xi.
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1 daughter, Jennifer Anne.
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American
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Recipient William Rosen award for research National Fragile X Foundation, 1998, Mathew J. Wayner- NNOXE Pharmaceuticals award, 2006, FRAXA Reserve Foundation Dedication award, 2008. Cattell Foundation fellow, 1975-1976. United States Public Health Service and National Science Foundation grantee, since 1969. University Illinois senior scholar, 1985-1988.Recipient William Rosen award for research National Fragile X Foundation, 1998, Mathew J. Wayner- NNOXE Pharmaceuticals award, 2006, FRAXA Reserve Foundation Dedication award, 2008. Cattell Foundation fellow, 1975-1976. United States Public Health Service and National Science Foundation grantee, since 1969.
University Illinois senior scholar, 1985-1988.