John C. Lilly, B.Sc., M.D.

PARENTS: Richard C. Lilly, Rachel C. Lilly
BIRTH: 0707 hours, 6 January 1915, St. Paul, Minnesota
DEATH: September 30, 2001, Los Angeles, California


ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS:
Grades kindergarten through 4th: Irving Public School;
Grades 5, 6, 7: St. Luke's School (Catholic)


PREPARATORY SCHOOL:
(Forms 2 through 6), St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, Minnesota. Graduation 1933

COLLEGE:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California; (scholarship). Graduation 1938

MEDICAL SCHOOLS:
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire (1938-1940); School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graduation 1942


UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA:
Department of Biophysics and Medical Physics (Eldridge Reeves Johnson Foundation), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1942-1956). Fellow, Associate, Associate Professor (of Medical Physics and of Experimental Neurology)

PSYCHOANALYTIC TRAINING:
Research Trainee (1949- 1957): Training Analyst: Dr. Robert Waelder of the Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis and the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Society; the Washington-Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute: Dr. Jenny Waelder-Hall, Dr. Lewis Hill; Control Analyst: Dr. Amanda Stoughton

GOVERNMENT SERVICE:
Senior Surgeon Grade, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Corps. (1953-1958)

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, RESEARCH:
Section Chief, Section on Cortical Integration in the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness and in the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland (1953-1958)

COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE:
Founder and Director, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, and Miami, Florida (19591968)

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH:
Research Career Award Fellow (1962-1967)

MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER: Catonsville, Maryland. Chief of Psychological Isolation and Psychedelic Research (19681969)

ESALEN INSTITUTE:
Big Sur, California. Group Leader and Associate in Residence, (1969-1971)

CENTER FOR THE ADVANCED STUDY OF BEHAVIOR:
Palo Alto, California. Fellow (1969-1970)

INSTITUTO DE GNOSOLOGIA,
Arica, Chile, student (1970 - 1971)

HUMAN SOFTWARE, INC.,
Malibu, California. Treasurer (1973-present)

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:

  • The American Physiological Society (1945-1967)
  • The American Electroencephalographic Society (1947-1967)
  • The Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (1951-1967)
  • The Society of the Sigma Xi (l952-life)
  • Aerospace Medical Association (1945)
  • Biophysical Society (charter member to 1967)
  • The American Medical Authors, Fellow (8 April 1964)
  • The New York Academy of Science (1949) Fellow (1959)
  • The Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis, Affiliate Member (1958)
  • California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association (life member)
  • Order of the Dolphin (1961)

    • For other society memberships, see listings in Who's Who (Marquis) and American Men of Science

    AWARDS:

  • California Institute of Technology: Scholar (1933-1935)
  • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: Clark Research Medal (1941)
  • Who's Who in the South and Southwest: Citation for outstanding contributions in Science: 16 April 1963
  • The American Medical Authors, Distinguished Service Award (26 September 1964)
  • Career Award. National Institute of Mental Health (1962-1967)