By: Angelica Demkiw

SEYMOUR KETY

Overview• American Neuroscientist• First Director of the National Institutes of Mental Health(1950)• Made contributions to the study of schizophrenia• Died May 25, 2000

Early Life• Born in August 25, 1915 • Philadelphia, PA• Stimulating home environment• Chemistry• Car accident

Schooling• Central High School in Philadelphia• University of Pennsylvania• Graduated in 1940• Philadelphia General Hospital

Career/Personal Life • Married Josephine Gross• Lead poisoning research• Pharmacology instructor• Cerebral circulation research• John Hopkins 1961• Schizophrenia Research

Awards and Accomplishments

• 1945: Measurement of blood to the brain• First director of the NIMH (1950)• NAS Award in the Neurosciences in 1988• Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award in Medical Sciences• Schizophrenia Research

Conclusion

Nancy Wexler as Compared to Seymour Kety

Similarities and Differences• Personal Life?• Awards? • Contributions? • Positions?• Research?

Sources• Butler, Robert N. "Seymour Kety." Geriatrics 55.8 (2000): 3. Academic

Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 24 Oct. 2011.• Brynie, Faith Hickman. "Turning tragedy to triumph." Odyssey 5.1

(1996): 38. MasterFILE Premier.EBSCO. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. • Butler, Robert N. "Seymour Kety." Geriatrics 55.8 (2000): 3. Health

Source - Consumer Edition. EBSCO. Web. 24 Oct. 2011.• Holzman, Philip S. "Seymour S. Kety 1915-2000." Nature Medicine July

2000: 727. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 24 Oct. 2011.• Jaroff, L. "Making the best of a bad gene." Time 139.6 (1992): 78.

Associates Programs Source. EBSCO.Web. 8 Sept. 2011.• Murray, Mary. “Nancy Wexler.” The New York Times Magazine. 13 Feb.

1994. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. • “Nancy Wexler Biography.” Encyclopedia of World Biography. Web.

2005. 11 Sept. 2011.• Park, Alice. "Nancy Wexler." Time for Kids: News Scoop Edition 8.20

(2003): 7. MasterFILE Premier.EBSCO. Web. 8 Sept. 2011.