The Dolan Boyd Pritchett Honorary Lecture

Dolan Pritchett, Ph.D.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.

  • 2018  Peter Donnelly
  • 2017  Jennifer Doudna
  • 2016  Thomas C. Südhof
  • 2015  Jeffrey I. Gordon
  • 2014  Joseph L. Goldstein
  • 2013  Phillip Sharp
  • 2012  Michel Lazdunski
  • 2011  Lewis Williams
  • 2010  Xiaoliang Sunney Xie
  • 2009  Sir Ian Wilmut
  • 2008  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