What is the Cajal Club?

The Cajal Club was established in 1947 to celebrate neuroanatomy and has evolved to promote all facets of neuroscience, appreciating the relationship between structure and function. It was founded by members of the American Association of Anatomists in Montreal and is dedicated to the memory of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the father of modern neuroscience``【oaicite:8】``.

Who are some notable past presidents of the Cajal Club?

Notable past presidents of the Cajal Club include Carol Mason, Oscar Marin, Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, Christopher Walsh, Dennis O'Leary, John Rubenstein, Gordon M. Shepherd, Edward G. Jones, Larry W. Swanson, John H. Morrison, Charles E. Ribak, Efrian C. Azmitia, Vivien Casagrande, Ann M. Graybiel, William D. Willis, Jr., Sanford Palay, Jerome Sutin, Raymond C. Truex, Grant L. Rasmussen, Clement A. Fox, and others``【oaicite:7】````【oaicite:6】````【oaicite:5】````【oaicite:4】````【oaicite:3】````【oaicite:2】````【oaicite:1】````【oaicite:0】``.

Past Presidents | Cajal Club

Past Presidents

Full list of past presidents below.

Right the annual Cajal Club banquet, 1952, that hosted Cajal's most distinguished student and former research assistant Rafael Lorente de Nó, featured center in the photo. Cajal Club founder and President, Wendell Krieg is seated on his right and Secretary/Treasurer, Pinkney J. Harman on his left.

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Left: Dr. Ann M Graybiel, a past president, getting an award from President George W Bush in 2001. Photo by Charles Archambault, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Years are included in parentheses for those who also served as presidents of SfN.

2020-2030

2020-2022 Carol Mason* (SfN:2013-2014)

2010-2020

2018-20 Oscar Marin
2016-18 Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
2014-16 Christopher Walsh
2012-14 Dennis O'Leary
2010-12 John Rubenstein

2000-2010

2008-10 Gordon M Shepherd
2006-08 Edward G Jones*(SFN:1998-1999)
2004-06 Larry W Swanson*(SFN:2012-2013)
2002-04 John H Morrison
2000-02 Charles E Ribak

1990-1999

1998-00 Efrian C Azmitia
1997-98 Vivien Casagrande
1996-97 Ford F Ebner
1995-96 Thomas A Woolsey
1994-95 Michael D Gershon
1993-94 Jon H Kaas
1992-93 Lennart Heimer
1991-92 Pasko Rakic*(SFN:1995-1996)
1990-91 Robert Y Moore

1980-1990

1989-90 Steven T Kitai
1988-89 James S King
1987-88 Enrico Mugnaini
1986-87 Lawrence Kruger
1985-86 George F Martin
1984-85 Jacques Courville
1983-84 Ann M Graybiel
1982-83 Charles R Noback
1981-82 William D Willis, Jr*(SFN:1984-1985)
1980-81 D Kent Morest

1970-1980

1979-80 Malcolm Carpenter
1978-79 Jay B Angevine, Jr
1977-78 Lloyd Guth
1976-77 Ray W Guillery
1975-76 David Bodian
1974-75 WA Ingram
1973-74 Sanford Palay
1972-73 James Sprague
1971-72 Marc Colonnier
1970-71 Jerome Sutin

1960-1970

1969-70 Glenn V Russell
1968-69 Harold N Schnitzlein
1967-68 Kermit Christensen
1966-67 R Frederick Becker
1965-66 Raymond C Truex
1964-65 David S Jones
1963-64 Murray L Barr
1962-63 Harold Koenig
1961-62 George Clark
1960-61 Walle JH Nauta*(SFN:1972-1973)

1947-1960

1958-60 Charles M Berry
1956-58 Grant L Rasmussen
1954-56 Donald L Kimmel
1952-54 Clement A Fox
1947-52 Wendell JS Krieg

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The Cajal Club annual meeting in Crete.