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WALLY WELKER

December 17, 1926 - November 28, 2007

Educational Background: 1945-1947: United States Army, Infantry, 2d Lt.
1947-1949: American University, Washington, D.C.
1948-1954: University of Chicago: Ph.D., Experimental Psychology.
1952-1954: Research assistant, Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology, Orange Park, Fl. Behavioral research.

Research and Professional Experience:
1954-1956: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Lab. of Neurophysiology, Dept. of Physiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School.
1957-1958: Research Associate (NIH Grant to C. N. Woolsey).
1957-1962: Kenny Foundation Scholar.
1957-1959: Instructor in Neurophysiology.
1959-1963: Assistant Professor in Neurophysiology.
1962-1967: Career Development Award, NINDB, NIH.
1963-1966: Associate Professor in Neurophysiology.
1967-1991: Professor of Neurophysiology.
1991-2007: Emeritus Professor of Neurophysiology.

Grant Support:
1954-1956: Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIMH.
1956-1957: Research Associate, Research Grant, NINDB: "Correlated studies on cerebral mechanisms in primates" (PI=C.N. Woolsey).
1957-1962: Sister Kenny Foundation Scholarship in Neuromuscular Diseases.
1958-1961: Principal Investigator: Research Grant, NIMH: "Neural mechanisms of sequential behavior" (M-2786, 3 yrs.).
1961-1966: Principal Investigator: Research Grant, NINDB: "Comparative study of brain morphology in mammals" (NB-3249, 5 yrs.).
1968-1978: Project Associate, Program Project Grant, NINDS: Center for research in cerebral localization" (Principal Investigator: C.N. Woolsey, NS-06225); salary and research support.
1975-1977: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Somatotopic Organization of cerebellar somatic sensory areas" (BNS-08124, 2 yrs.).
1978-1981: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Comparative study of somatic sensory circuits of the cerebellum" (BNSp-16230, 3 yrs.).
1978-1981: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NIH: "Trigeminal Localization of tactile coding functions" (Coinvestigator: with John M. Gibson; NS-14748, 3 yrs.).
1981-1984: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: Comparative study of somatic sensory circuits of the cerebellum" (BNS-08995, 4 yrs.).
1985-1988: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Comparative study of somatic sensory circuits of the cerebellum" (BNS-84-08866, 3 yrs.).
1985-1988: Coinvestigator (with John Irwin Johnson, Michigan State Univ.), Research Grant, NSF: "Mammalian Phylogeny through Brain Traits and DNA Similarities" (BSR-85-03687, 3 yrs.).
1988-1990: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Comparative study of somatic sensory circuits of the cerebellum" (Extension of BNS=84-8866, 2 yrs.).
1990-1992: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF; "Comparative Neuroanatomical Study of the Brain of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus) (BNS-89-19438, 2 yrs.).
1992-1994: Principal Investigator, Research Grant; "Comparative Neuroanatomical Study of the Brain of the Florida Manatee" (NSF, BNS=8919438, 3 yrs.),
1994-1995: Principal Investigator, NSF Grant; "Installing, Distributing, and accessing Brain Collection Information and Images via INTERNET: A simple, cost-effective, and Quick Approach (NSF; IBN-9317719).
1995-1997: Co-Investigator (With John Irwin Johnson, MSU; 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 John Irwin Johnson, MSU; and R.C. Switzer) NIMH,PHS GRANT NO1 R43 MH54366-01;#95-SB-2; SBIR, Phase I; "Brain Library"(________).

 

 



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