[V-3-99] G. E. "Erik" ERIKSON

George Emil Erikson

Division of Biology & Medicine Brown University, Box G - S Providence, RI 02912-3355 Tel: (401) 863-3355 Email: GE_Erikson@brown.edu

Erikson Biographical Institute, Inc. (An Independent, non-profit orgranization) 262 B Meeting Street Providence, RI 02906 Tel: (401) 861-8848 / Fax: (401) 454-0417 Email: ebiprov@ix.netcom.com

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ANATOMIST, PRIMATOLOGIST, NATURALIST, EDUCATOR, ACTIVIST, HISTORIAN, ARCHIVIST, INFORMATION SPECIALIST

Born: May 3, 1920, Palmer, Massachusetts Married: 1950. Four children: Ann, David, John & Thomas

Education

S.B. 1941 Entomology Massachusetts State College (now University of Massachusetts)

A.M. 1946 Biology Harvard University

Ph.D. 1948 Biology Harvard University (Dissertation Director: Prof. Alfred S. Romer)

Appointments

1942-46 Teaching Fellow in Biology, Harvard University (Laboratory teaching in Gen. Biol., Comp. Vertebrate Anatomy, Entomology)

1943-45 Reader in History of Science and Learning, Harvard University (with Prof. George Sarton)

1944-45 Austin Teaching Fellow in Biology, Harvard University

1945-50 Proctor, Harvard University

1945-52 Member, Board of Freshman Advisers, Harvard University

1945-47 Teaching Fellow in Anatomy, Harvard Medical School

1946 Sheldon Traveling Fellow, Harvard University (Field studies on primates, Central America)

1946-47 Jeffries Wyman Scholar, Harvard University

1947-49 Instructor in Anatomy, Harvard Medical School (Lecturing in Histology, Laboratory teaching in Gross Anatomy)

1947-60 Anatomist, Lahey Clinic, Boston

1947-60 Anatomist, Mass. General Hospital School of Medical Illustration

1949-52 Assistant Professor of General Education in Biology, Harvard University (Participant in Program in General Education)

1949-52 Research Fellow in Anatomy, Harvard Medical School

1952-55 Associate in Anatomy, Harvard Medical School

1955-65 Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Harvard Medical School (In charge of 1st year course in Gross Anatomy)

1959 Consultant in Medicine and Public Health for the Rockefeller Foundation in Brazil

1961-65 Associate Curator, Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard Medical School & Curator of Erikson Primate Collection

1962 Specialist for the State Dept. (Taught inter-university course in advanced morphology at Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Fulbright Fellow)

1965 Lecturer on Anthropology, Harvard University – teaching this and other years a course on Primates and their Anatomy

1965-- Professor of Medical Science, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine; Emeritus, 1990--

1965-- Guest Lecturer (Brown & Harvard) in Depts of German, Classics, Hist., Hist. of Sci. & Med., Art, Architecture, Engineering, and Law

1966-- Anatomist, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital (Teaching residents in Surgery & later in Orthopedics & Neurology)

1968-85 Chairman, Section of Morp., Div, of Biol & Medicine, Brown Univ (teaching Gross & Clinical Anatomy, Primatology, and Hist of Med)

1970-99 Adjunct member of Faculty, R.I. School of Design (Taught four courses on rels. of Science and Anatomy to Art and their history)

1976-80 Consultant Anatomist for Surgical Techniques Illustrated

1985-89 Co-Chairman, Section of Population Biology, Morphology & Genetics, Chairman for Anatomy, Brown University

1989-90 Co-Chairman for Anatomy, Section of Population Biology, Morphology & Genetics, Brown University

1985-- Anatomist, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery (now Dept. of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Med.), R.I.Hospital

1987-- Anatomist, Department of Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital

1987-- Consultant Anatomist for Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary

1990-91 Visiting Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Harvard Medical School

1990-98 Visiting Lecturer in Surgery, Harvard Medical School (Co-taught course on Surgical Anatomy to 4th year students)

1990-- Anatomist in the Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital (Teaching residents in Surgery & Anesthesiology)

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association of Clinical Anatomists (former member)

American Association for the History of Medicine (Council, 1972-75)

American Association of Anatomists (former member) (Historian & Archivist, 1972-86; Archivist, 1986-90; Historian and Archivist 1990-99)

American Association of Physical Anthropologists (Committee on History and Honors, 1978--, Archivist and Co-historian, 1981--)

American Society of Mammalogists (former member)

American Society of Zoologists (former member)

Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (former member)

Anatomische Gesellschaft (former member)

Association of Anatomy Chairmen, 1968-90; Emeritus, 1990-99

Cajal Club (Neuroscience) (former member)

History of Science Society (Life Member)

Oral History Association (former member)

Awards and Honors

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (Faculty election, Harvard Medical School, 1957)

Guggenheim Fellow (Field studies on primates, South America), 1949

Kate Hurd Mead Lecturer, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1977

Seventh Raymond C. Truex Distinguished Lecturer, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, 1985

Other Professional Positions and Appointments

1988-99 Member of Board of Advisors for Marquis Who’s Who in America

1990-- President, Erikson Biographical Institute, Inc., 242 B Meeting Street, Providence RI 02906