George Delahunty

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George Delahunty
Born (1952-05-05) May 5, 1952 (age 72)
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater Duquesne University (B.S.)
Marquette University (Ph.D.)
Spouse
Katherine Henneberger
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(m. 1990;died 2006)​
Scientific career
Fields Physiology, endocrinology
Institutions
Thesis Environmental Effects on the Metabolism of Carassius Auratus: Role of the Pineal Organ and Retinal Pathways  (1979)
Doctoral advisor Victor de Vlaming  [ Wikidata ]

George B. Delahunty (born May 5, 1952) is an American physiologist and endocrinologist. He was a long-time professor at Goucher College, working there from 1979 to 2018. Delahunty was the Lilian Welsh Professor of Biology and a co-founder of the post-baccalaureate premedical program at Goucher College. His research explored metabolism and endocrine control in vertebrates.

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Early life and education

Delahunty was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Duquesne University in 1974 and completed his doctorate in physiology and endocrinology at Marquette University in 1979. [1] [2] Under doctoral advisor Victor de Vlaming  [ Wikidata ], Delahunty completed his dissertation entitled Environmental Effects on the Metabolism of Carassius Auratus: Role of the Pineal Organ and Retinal Pathways. He received a fellowship from the Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation for his final year of graduate school. [3]

Career

Delahunty was a guest worker at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in the diabetes branch. At Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, he worked as a visiting associate professor. He later trained in metabolomics at the University of California, Davis. [2]

He joined the faculty at Goucher College in 1979 as a professor of biology. [1] His research focused on metabolism and endocrine control in vertebrates. [2] In 1996, Delahunty was the principal investigator of a $17,249 grant from the National Science Foundation to facilitate computerized data acquisition to conduct physiology research using an experimental approach. [4] He was a co-founder [5] of the postbaccalaureate premedical program at Goucher College. [6] He was the Goucher representative of the Master's of Public Health transfer program between Goucher College and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. [7] In May 2018, Delahunty retired from Goucher. [8]

Delahunty is a member of the American Society of Zoologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Endocrine Society. [1]

Personal life

Delahunty met his second wife Katherine Henneberger, an economics professor while they both were teaching at Goucher College. [3] [9] They married circa 1990. Delahunty resides in Owings Mills, Maryland. Henneberger died in September 2006 due to lung cancer. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 American men & women of science : a biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological, and related sciences. Nemeh, Katherine H., Gale (Firm) (25th ed.). Detroit: Gale. 2008. ISBN   9781414432915. OCLC   276295867.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "George Delahunty". Goucher College. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Delahunty, George P. (1979). Environmental effects on the metabolism of carassius auratus: role of the pineal organ and retinal pathways (PhD thesis). Marquette University. ProQuest   302936207.
  4. ↑ "Computerized Data Acquisition for the Physiology Laboratory". National Science Foundation . Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Hombacher, Gary (April 13, 2014). "Expanding programs expand opportunities". The Baltimore Sun. p. M2. Retrieved May 1, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Fowler, Elizabeth M. (July 23, 1991). "Careers; Late Premed Programs for Graduates". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Accelerated BS or BA with a Public Health Minor from Goucher College to Master of Public Health". University of Maryland School of Medicine . Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ Greenberg, Josh (May 19, 2018). Military, Talia (ed.). "Goucher Says Farewell to Professors". The Goucher Eye. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  9. 1 2 Kelly, Jacques (September 21, 2006). "Katherine Henneberger, 61, professor of economics". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
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