Marian Diamond's
Marian Cleeves Diamond BORN: Glendale, California, USA November 11, 1926 EDUCATION: University of California at Berkeley, B.A. (1948), M.A. (1949), Ph.D. (1953) University of Oslo, Norway, Certifi cate of Courses (1948) APPOINTMENTS: Research Assistant, Harvard University (1952–1953) Instructor, Cornell University, (1955–1958) Lecturer, University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco, (1958–1960) Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley, (1960–1965) Assistant Professor–Professor, University of California at Berkeley, (1965–) Assistant Dean–Associate Dean of College of Letters and Science, University of California at Berkeley (1967–1972) Director of Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley, (1990–1996) Governor’s Board Rand Graduate School (1985–1996) HONORS AND AWARDS (SELECTED): Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, California Academy of Sciences Council for Advancement & Support of Education. Wash. D.C. award for California Professor of the Year and National Gold Medalist California Biomedical Research Association Distinguished Service Award Alumna of the Year—California Alumni Association San Francisco Chronicle Hall of Fame University Medal, La Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela Brazilian Gold Medal of Honor Benjamin Ide Wheeler Service Award The Distinguished Senior Woman Scholar in America awarded by the American Association of University Women Major scientifi c contributions from Marian Diamond’s laboratory are threefold: One, the structural components of the cerebral cortex can be altered by either enriched or impoverished environments at any age, from prenatal to extremely old age. An enriched cortex shows greater learning capacity, an impoverished, the opposite. Two, the structural arrangement of the male and female cortices is signifi cantly different and can be altered in the absence of sex steroid hormones.
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