George
Holman Bishop joined the Washington University School
of Medicine faculty in 1923 at the age of 34.
He made essential contributions to studies of the
compound action potential for which Erlanger and Gasser
were awarded the Nobel Prize. His scientific
interests were wide ranging and included correlating
conduction velocities and nerve fiber diameters, analyses
of the bases of cortical evoked potentials especially
in the visual cortex, the role of dendrites in the
production of cortical electrical activity, the peripheral
and central bases for pain perception, and comparative
phylogenetic analyses of central brain pathways.
Dr.
Bishop was a critical, highly regarded and beloved
colleague at Washington University and in the international
community of neurophysiologists. He was known
for his exceptional practical abilities, inside and
outside the laboratory, his basic modesty, remarkable
way with words and wonderful sense of humor.
The George H. Bishop lectureship is the oldest named
lectureship in basic neuroscience at Washington University
| 2009 |
Dr. Mitchel Berger |
| 2008 |
Dr. Stephen Hauser |
| 2007 |
Dr. Story Landis |
2006 |
Dr.
Steven M. Paul |
2005 |
Dr.
Kenneth H. Fischbeck |
2004 |
Dr.
Kevin P. Campbell |
2003 |
Dr.
William C. Mobley |
2002 |
Dr.
Virginia M. Y. Lee |
2001 |
Dr.
R. Susan Zukin |
2000 |
Dr.
Stephen Heinemann |
1999 |
Dr.
Stanley Prusiner |
1998 |
Dr.
Richard Tsien |
1997 |
Dr.
David Prince |
1996 |
Dr.
Allen Roses |
1995 |
Dr.
Zach W. Hall |
1994 |
Dr.
Gerald D. Fischbach |
1993 |
Dr.
Mary C. Bushnell |
1992 |
Dr.
Martin E. Schwab |
1991 |
Dr.
Larry R. Squire |
1990 |
Dr.
Sanford L. Palay |
1989 |
Dr.
Torsten N. Wiesel |
1988 |
Dr.
Robert H. Wurtz |
1987 |
Dr.
Albert J. Aguayo |
1986 |
Dr.
William D. Willis Jr. |
1985 |
Dr.
Martin Raff |
1984 |
Dr.
John Pappenheimer |
1983 |
Dr.
Julian Jack |
1982 |
Dr.
P. B. C. Matthews |
1981 |
Dr.
Louis Sokoloff |
1980 |
Drs.
Bernard Katz and Stephen Kuffler |
1979 |
Dr.
Vernon B. Mountcastle |
1978 |
Dr.
Gerald Edelman |
1977 |
Dr.
Solomon H. Snyder |
1976 |
Dr.
Rita Levi-Montalcini |
1975 |
Dr.
Seymour Kety |
1974 |
Dr.
Viktor Hamburger |
1973 |
Dr.
Yves LaPorte |
1972 |
Dr.
James O'Leary |
1971 |
Dr.
Irving Diamond |
1970 |
Dr.
Edward Perl |
1969 |
Dr.
James Sprague |
1968 |
Dr.
Carlton Hunt |
1967 |
Drs.
Mila and Arnold Sheibel |
1966 |
Dr.
R. W. Sperry |
1965 |
Dr.
William Mehler |
1964 |
Dr.
David Hubel |
1963 |
Dr.
Theodore H. Bullock |
1962 |
Dr.
Dixon M. Woodbury |
1961 |
Dr.
Clinton N. Woolsey |
1960 |
Dr.
W. H. A. Rushton |
1959 |
Sir
Frances Walshe |
1958 |
Dr.
Michael Fuortes |
1957 |
Dr.
Stephen Kuffler |
1956 |
Dr.
Harry Grundfest |
