Chandler McCuskey Brooks
Dr. Chandler McCuskey Brooks (December 18, 1905 – November 29, 1989) was an American physiologist notable for his research on the relationships between the central nervous and endocrine systems.[1][2] He was also known for his studies of the electrophysiology of the heart.[1][3] Brooks was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[1][2] He also headed the physiology and pharmacology departments of the Long Island College of Medicine[1] and a Guggenheim fellow (Medicine & Health, 1945).[4]
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[5]
Early life
Brooks was born in West Virginia. After his mother's death the family moved to Massachusetts where he received, in his own account, a mediocre education. That changed when he attended Oberlin College in Ohio and with subsequent graduate study at Princeton University where he received a Ph.D. in 1931 under Philip Bard.[1][2][6]
Career
He followed Bard to Johns Hopkins University in 1933. In 1948 he became professor and chairman of the department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Long Island College Hospital School of Medicine in Brooklyn.[5][1]
Brooks was among the first group of pioneering neuroendocrinologists. In cardiac physiology, Brooks' studies were important in establishing principles that were important in the development of implanted pacemakers.[5] His major works included the study of the autonomic nervous system as well as (in collaboration with John Eccles) the role of Golgi cell in the spinal cord.[5]
Retirement
He retired in 1972, taking up volunteer philanthropic activities. After the death of his wife of fifty years, Brooks became in 1986 a fellow in the Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton and pursued theological studies. He died in 1989.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f New York Times:Chandler Brooks, 83, a Professor Of Physiology and a Researcher;By ALFONSO A. NARVAEZ; December 02, 1989
- ^ a b c National Academies of Science; National Academies Press; Biographical Memoirs: V. 91 (2009);CHANDLER MCCUSKEY BROOKS;BY KIYOMI KOIZUMI AND MARIO VASSALLE
- ^ New York Times:Tiny Probe Measures Impulses That Make the Heart Function; Device to Widen Study of the Electrical Forces That Cause Organ to Beat Is Seen as an Aid to Diagnosis;By ROBERT K. PLUMB;February 21, 1956
- ^ Chandler McCuskey Brooks;1945;Medicine & Health [permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e "Chandler M. Brooks", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
- ^ New York Times:Princeton to Erect Memorial Dormitory To Give Employment in Building Trades;January 15, 1932,
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- 1905 births
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