Obituaries

Please celebrate the lives and accomplishments of our distinguished members. The obituaries are posted alphabetically and can be found within the tabs below.

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Elizabeth A. Young (PDF 168Kb)

Dr. Young was an internationally renowned biological psychiatrist who conducted seminal work on stress biology and its role in severe depression and other mood disorders. She was elected to the ACNP in 1996.

Wagner H. Bridger (PDF 79Kb)

Wagner H. Bridger, M.D., published over 100 papers, was a founding member of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and President of the Society in 1988 and Editor of the journal from 1992-1997.

Norm Weiner (PDF 185Kb)

Norm Weiner, M.D., best known for his pioneering work on catecholamine synthesis, storage, and release, was equally committed to scientific research and to education, making enormous contributions to the development of leaders and to science policy.

Gary Tollefson 1951-2009 (PDF 160Kb)

During his academic career, Dr. Tollefson's work focused primarily on antidepressants and anxiolytic drugs. He contributed important research on interaction of antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs with muscarinic-cholinergic receptors, predicting their propensity to produce anticholinergic side effects.

Sachindra Nath Pradhan (PDF 147Kb)

Sachindra Nath Pradhan, M.D., Ph.D. was an accomplished scientist, a patriotic Indian and a visionary. His vision culminated in creation of the Center for Neurosciences at the Calcutta University. It represents the first such center in Eastern India and one of very few in India.

Louis A. Gottschalk 1916-2008 (PDF 146Kb)

Dr. Gottschalk made national headlines in the late 1980s when he concluded that President Ronald Reagan suffered from cognitive brain impairment as early as his first term, years before the late president was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

Albert Kurland (PDF 78Kb)

Dr. Albert Kurland was the founder of the Maryland State Psychiatric Research Center and an eternal optimist who worked energetically and never said an unkind word about anyone.

Murray E. Jarvik 1923-2008 (PDF 225Kb)

Murray Jarvik was a founding member of ACNP. Murray was best known for his research on nicotine addiction and as a co-inventor of the nicotine patch to help people stop smoking.

Douglas M. McNair (PDF 182Kb)

Douglas M. McNair, Ph.D., and his colleagues empirically confirmed the existence of six mood or affective state factors: Tension-Anxiety, Depression-Dejection, Anger- Hostility, Vigor-Activity, Fatigue-Inertia, and Confusion-Bewilderment.

Billy R. Martin 1943-2008 (PDF 166Kb)

Billy R. Martin was universally recognized as one of the top pharmacologists in the field of cannabinoid research and added significantly to our knowledge of the mechanism of action of nicotine and other drugs of abuse.

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