Interview with Lydia Messmer: oral history.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Stellar, Eliot, 1919-1993.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine--Faculty.

University of Pennsylvania.

Johns Hopkins University--Faculty.

Johns Hopkins University.

University of Pennsylvania. Institute of Neurological Sciences.

Psychology--Study and teaching--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Psychology.

University of Pennsylvania--Administration.

University of Pennsylvania--History--20th century.

American Philosophical Society.

Physical Description:

4 videotapes (3 U-matic tapes and 1 VHS): accompanying material in the manuscript section of the collection.

Contained In:

University of Pennsylvania. School of Arts and Sciences. Computing Facilities and Services. Multimedia Educational Technology Services. Records, 1969-1991

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania, c[1987].

Biography/History:

Eliot Stellar graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in 1941 and received both his Master of Science (1942) and Ph.D. in psychology (1947) from Brown University. From 1947 to 1954 he taught at Johns Hopkins University. He joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1954. He served as director of the Institute of Neurological Sciences of the University from 1965 to 1973. He was appointed provost of the University in 1973 and held the position until 1978. In 1978, he resumed teaching as professor of Physical Psychology at the Medical school. He was elected president of the American Philosophical Society in 1987 and served as chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the National Academy of Science from 1983 to 1993.

Summary:

Stellar reviewed his career at the University of Pennsylvania, covering such points as the factors leading to his decision to come to the University, the work at the Institute of Neurosciences, the Institute's relationship with the Veterinary School, the educational survey of the University, his appointment as co-chair of the Development Commission of the University, his experience in the re-organization of the University, and finally his appointment as Provost. He also discussed his work with the American Philosophical Society and expressed his opinion on questions like animal research.

Notes:

Produced by the Multimedia Educational Technology Services, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1346383813