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The Walter Massey Family Lectureship
8/7/08 - 4:00 PM - Lillie Auditorium
"The Rise and Fall of REST, Creating the Nervous System" - Gail Mandel, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
Gail Mandel is a Senior Scientist in the Vollum Institute at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. She received her Ph.D. degree in immunology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her postdoctoral training was at UCLA with William Wickner and at the University of California, San Diego, with Melvin Simon. Dr. Mandel is the recipient of a Jacob Javits Award from the National Institutes of Health, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Mandel’s research interest is in revealing molecular mechanisms underlying global regulation of gene expression and function in the nervous system.
Walter Eugene Massey was born on April 5, 1938, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to Almar and Essie Massey. His mother was a teacher and his father worked in a chemical plant. Dr. Massey went on to complete the highest levels of education, earning a B.S. from Morehouse College in 1958 and later his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics at Washington University in 1966. Growing up in racially segregated Mississippi, Dr. Massey did not begin his career with aspirations to become a college president. His proclivity for science led him to a career as a physicist. His research was in the Theory of Quantum Liquids and Solids. The turning point in his career came when he assumed a faculty position at the University of Illinois, Urbana. The offer to join the faculty of University of Illinois in 1968 coincided with the movement to integrate African Americans into higher education.
Dr. Massey went on to become a professor and later Dean of the College at Brown University, Vice President for research at the University of Chicago, and Provost of the University of California system. He served as Director of Argonne National Laboratory from 1979 through 1984. Following his tenure as Argonne’s Director, he served as Vice-President for Research at the University of Chicago with Argonne National Laboratory being under his supervision. Subsequently, Dr. Massey served as the Director of the National Science Foundation from 1990 to 1993. On June 1, 1995, Dr. Massey was named the ninth president of Morehouse College, where he served until 2007.
In recognition of his many accomplishments, Dr. Massey has been awarded more than forty honorary doctorates and numerous awards for excellence in teaching. In addition, he is active in several professional organizations and maintains a commitment to service through his affiliation with a number of civic, cultural, and community organizations.
Dr. Massey lives in Chicago with his wife, Shirley Anne Massey. They have two sons, Keith and Eric, and three grandchildren.
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