Elliot Vesell
Elliot Saul Vesell (December 24, 1933 – July 23, 2018) was an American pharmacologist.
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Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Vesell worked for the National Institutes of Health.[1][2] George T. Harrell invited Vesell to join the faculty of Pennsylvania State University in 1968 as founding chair of the Department of Pharmacology.[2] He was appointed to the Bernard B. Brodie Professorship,[2] followed by PSU most prestigious title, the Evan Pugh Professorship, in 1981.[1][3] In 1990, he was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4] Vesell stepped down as pharmacology department chair in 2004, and was succeeded by Kent Vrana in an endowment named for Vesell.[5] Vesell retired from Penn State in December 2008,[2] and died on July 23, 2018, aged 84.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Dr. Elliot S. Vesell". The Patriot News. July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Elliot S. Vesell retires". Pennsylvania State University. April 16, 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Evan Pugh Professors". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Elliot Vesell" Archived 2018-07-29 at the Wayback Machine. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ a b "Vesell, founding pharmacology chair, dies at 84". Pennsylvania State University. July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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