The Dolan Boyd Pritchett Memorial Lecture
Dolan Pritchett, Ph.D. was a beloved and respected member of the Departments of Pharmacology and Pediatrics. Dr. Pritchett was recruited to Penn in 1990, where he established himself as an innovative and imaginative young investigator. His work is likely to lead to major applications for the development of new therapeutic strategies for such neurologic disorders as epilepsy and stroke. He was an internationally recognized authority in the fields of neuroscience and molecular biology, with particular expertise in the ways in which nerve cells communicate with each other. He was a role model and a sought after teacher and mentor. Dr. Pritchett was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1991 and was scientifically productive until his death in December of 1994.
Previous Lecturers:
2012 Michel Lazdunski
2011 Lewis Williams
2010 Xiaoliang Sunney Xie
2009 Sir Ian Wilmut
2009 James Scott
2007 Steven L. McKnight
2006 Patrick O. Brown
2005 Michael B. Robinson
2004 Steve A. Kay
2003 Lawrence J. Marnett
2002 Steven M. Reppert
2001 Johna H. Auwerx
1999 Shuh Narumiya
1998 Bert Sakmann
1997 Perry Molinoff
1996 James L. Roberts
1995 Peter H. Seeburg
