Celebrating the life and works of Dr. John “Jack” Irwin Johnson
Education:
1952: A.B., Philosophy; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame,
IN.
1955: M.S., Psychology; Purdue University, Lafayette, IN.
1957: Ph.D., Psychology; Purdue University, Lafayette, IN.
Research
and Professional Experience:
1957-1958:
Instructor, Department of Psychology, Marquette University,
Milwaukee, WI.
1958-1960: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Marquette
University, Milwaukee, WI.
1960-1963: USPHS Special Research Fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Sponsors C.N.Woolsey &
W.I. Welker).
1963-1964: Project Associate, Regional Primate Research Center,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Project Director: H.F.
Harlow).
1964-1965:, Fulbright-Hayes Research Scholar, Brain Research
Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, Australia
(Sponsor: P.O. Bishop).
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1965-1969: Associate Professor, Biophysics, Psychology and Zoology
Departments and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI.
1969-1981: Professor, Biophysics, Psychology and Zoology Departments
and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI.
1973-1978: Chairman, Biophysics Department, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI.
1981-present: Professor, Anatomy Department and Neuroscience
Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Grant
Support:
1960-1963:
Special Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIH
1964-1965: Fulbright Hayes Scholarship
1965-1972: Career Development Award, NIH
1966-1978: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NINDB: "Development
of Afferent Neural Centers" (NS-5982, 12 yrs.)
1969-1975: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Determining
factors in Brain Evolution" (three successive grants, GB
13854 1969-1971, GB 30783, 1971-1973, NB 43236, 1973-1975).
19781980: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Regional
specializations in cerebral neocortex" (NB78-00879)
1980-1984: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Anatomical
and electrophysiological organization of dorsal column nuclei"
(NB 79-03421)
1985-1990 Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Mammalian
Phylogeny through Brain Traits and DNA Similarities" Co-investigators:
J. A. W. Kirsch, R. L. Reep, W. Welker, R. C. Switzer (BSR 85-03687)
1991-1994 Principal Investigator,Research Grant, NSF: "Imaging
the diversity of mammalian brains: an electronic catalog for
wide accessibility" (NSF, IBN 9111592)
1995-1997: Co-Investigator (With Wally Welker, UW; and Adrianne
Noe, NMHM), NSF Grant "Collaborative research: "Accessing
brain collection information vis Internet, CD-ROM, and centralized
location"(NSF, IBN-9500706).
1995-1996: Coinvestigator (With Wally Welker, UW, and R.C. Switzer)
NIMH,PHS GRANT NO1 R43 MH54366-01;#95-SB-2; SBIR, Phase I; "Brain
Library"(Primate Brains).