Eliot Stellar (November 1, 1919 – October 12, 1993) was an American a physiological psychologist noted for his research of the physiological processes of the brain and how they affect motivation and behavior.
The National Academy of Sciences called him "one of the founders of ... behavioral neuroscience". Stellar was a provost at the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the president of the Academy's the Human Rights Committee, president of the Eastern Psychological Association, president of the American Philosophical Society, a recipient of the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Physiologists and of the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement.
Chronology
November 1, 1919: born in Boston, Massachusetts
1941: graduated from Harvard University
1942: M.S., Brown University
1947: Ph.D., Brown University
1947-1960: faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University
1960-1965: professor of physiological psychology, Department of Anatomy, the University of Pennsylvania 1967: the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Physiologists 1965-1973: director of the Institute of Neurological Sciences, the University of Pennsylvania 1973-1978: provost, the University of Pennsylvania 1990, at age 70, Chair of the Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania 1993: the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement 1993 dies of cancer at the University Medical Center in Philadelphia