F. Eugene Yates
| F. Eugene Yates | |
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| Born |
Francis Eugene Yates February 26, 1927 Eagle Rock, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 20, 2015 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of Texas at Austin Harvard Medical School Stanford Medical School |
| Known for | homeodynamics |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Barnett (1949-2015; his death; 5 children) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physiology and Medical Engineering |
| Institutions |
Harvard University Stanford Medical School University of Southern California University of California Los Angeles |
Francis Eugene Yates (February 26, 1927 – January 20, 2015) was an American physiologist and a professor of medicine and medical engineering at University of California Los Angeles.
Eugene Yates was born in Eagle Rock, California. During World War II, Yates was in the U.S. Navy as a medical officer and attended University of Texas (Austin). He attended UCLA from 1945-6. He attended Harvard Medical School from 1946-1950 where he received an MD degree. He served in the Korean War in Guam in 1951-1953 and then went on to Stanford Medical School from 1960-1970.
Yates married Margaret Barnett Yates, MD in 1949. They had five children, Katherine K. Yates, Gregory B. Yates, Peter F. Yates, Eugene B. Yates, and Anna S. Yates.
His death was failure to thrive from a fracture that resulted from having fallen off his exercise bike in Pacific Palisades, California.
Yates worked at Harvard University in the Dept. Physiology from 1953-1960. He was at Stanford Medical School, Physiology Dept. 1960-1970. He was at University of Southern California as the Biomedical Engineering Center Executive Director from 1969-1980. From 1980 to 2001, Yates had a joint appointment at UCLA as Professor of Medicine and Professor of Chemical Engineering. He was the first holder of endowed chair, The Ralph and Marjorie Crump Professorship of Medical Engineering from 1980-1988. In 2002, Yates was the Professor of Geriatric Medical Research, Emeritus at Department of Medicine, UCLA. He retired in 2003.
Yates was a Consulting Principal Scientist at the ALZA Pharmaceutical Company from 1969-1997. He was on the External Advisory Council of NASA-affiliated National Space Biomedical Research Inst. Houston, Texas for seven years. He worked as a Science Advisor to the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation in 2003. He was also a member of Scientific Advisory Board for Dakim, Inc.
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