[DIV28SUPER] Fwd: [CPDD] Dr. William L. Woolverton

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From: Scott F Coffey <SCoffey@UMC.EDU>
Date: June 14, 2013, 6:01:00 PM EDT
To: "CPDD@LISTS.VCU.EDU" <CPDD@LISTS.VCU.EDU>
Subject: [CPDD] Dr. William L. Woolverton
Reply-To: Scott F Coffey <SCoffey@UMC.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

I regret to inform you that Dr. William L. Woolverton, Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior died on June 13, 2013 after a brief illness.

An Alabama native, Dr. Woolverton attended the University of the South, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1972 with an Bachelor of Arts degree in biology. He then attended graduate school at the University of Chicago studying pharmacology under the mentorship of Dr. Charles R. Schuster; graduating with a PhD in 1977. He completed postdoctoral training with Dr. Bob Balster in the Department of Pharmacology at the Medical College of Virginia. In 1980, he returned to the University of Chicago rising to the rank of Associate Professor. Dr. Woolverton arrived at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in June, 1993 at the rank of Professor and served as Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior for over a decade.

 

Dr. Woolverton was very active in the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, serving on the Board of Directors from 1997 to 2001. He also served as Secretary and the President of the International Study Group Investigating Drugs as Reinforcers. Dr. Woolverton was consistently funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and conducted outstanding neurobiological and behavioral research during his career.  He was a gifted mentor, training dozens of graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and junior faculty members.  He was also an outstanding and dedicated teacher of residents, medical students, and graduate students. 

Dr. Woolverton was a colleague of exceptional vision.  In 1994, he served as the first Director of the Division of Neurobiology and Behavior Research, which he guided in its early development.  He also served as the chair of the Steering Committee of the Program in Neuroscience, again, helping to guide a new training program in its early development.

Bill was a dear friend, colleague, and mentor with a wonderful dry sense of humor who will be greatly missed.  He is survived by his wife, Candy, his son, Chris, and his daughter, Lucy.

 

A memorial service will be held at Wright & Ferguson at 1161 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, MS 39157 at 4-6pm on Sunday, June 16. 

 

 

 

Scott F. Coffey, Ph.D.

Professor and Director, Division of Psychology

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

The University of Mississippi Medical Center

2500 North State St.

Jackson, MS 39216

601-815-5588

scoffey@umc.edu

Addiction Research and Treatment Laboratory (ARTLab)

http://www.umc.edu/Education/Schools/Medicine/Clinical_Science/Psychiatry/Psychology/ART_Lab.aspx 

 

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