Education:
1965, B.S., University of Scranton,
Scranton, Pennsylvania, Departments of
Physics and Philosophy, Magna cum Laude
1965-66, Harvard University,
Cambridge MA, Physics (no degree, transfer to Johns Hopkins)
1970, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland, Departments of Biophysics
and Pharmacology
October 1970 - 72, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven CT. Dept of Psychiatry and Basic Biological Sciences
1988, Graduate Certificate in Substance Abuse Counseling, Loyola University
Baltimore MD.
1983-85, Part time Training at the Family Therapy Institute in Washington DC, Jay Haley and Chloe Madanes supervisors,
276 hours individual and group supervision.
Last Position At Emory University:
November 1995 – September 1, 2023, Candler Professor (tenured), Emory University
Candler Professor Emeritus, September, 2023
Sept 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Professor, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Adjunct)
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar (Emeritus in 2022)
Center for Ethics, Senior Faculty Fellow (2009-2023)
Adjunct Professor, Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatric Disorders
Chief of the Neuroscience Division, 1995-2010, at the Yerkes (now Emory) National Primate Research Center
Last position at the National Institutes of Health (NIDA):
July 1985‑November 1995
Chief, Neuroscience Branch,
Addiction Research Center
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Professor, Part‑time (1985-95), The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Departments of
Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry
Last position at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine:
July 1981-1985, Professor (tenured), The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, Departments of Neuroscience,
Pharmacology and Psychiatry