Eliot Stellar

Eliot Stellar (November 1, 1919 – October 12, 1993) was an American physiological psychologist who did research of the physiological processes of the brain and how they affect motivation and behavior.[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/15/obituaries/dr-eliot-stellar-73-viewed-psychology-through-physiology.html New York Times:Dr. Eliot Stellar, 73; Viewed Psychology Through Physiology;By WOLFGANG SAXON; October 15, 1993][http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=estellar.html National Academies Press:Biographical Memoirs:Eliot Stellar;By Jay Schulkin][http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/upt/upt50/stellar_e.html University of Pennsylvania:Eliot Stellar Papers;ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS;Eliot Stellar] The National Academy of Sciences called him "one of the founders of ... behavioral neuroscience".

Stellar was a provost at the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the president of the Academy's the Human Rights Committee, president of the Eastern Psychological Association, president of the American Philosophical Society,

a recipient of the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Physiologists and of the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement.