George Delahunty

George Delahunty
Born (1952-05-05) May 5, 1952
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Residence Owings Mills, Maryland
Alma mater
Spouse(s)
Katherine Henneberger
(m. 1990; d. 2006)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis Environmental Effects on the Metabolism of Carassius Auratus: Role of the Pineal Organ and Retinal Pathways (1979)
Doctoral advisor Victor de Vlaming

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.

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, 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 principle 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]

Selected works

  • Delahunty, George; Bauer, Gerald; Prack, Margaret; de Vlaming, Victor (June 1978). "Effects of pinealectomy and melatonin treatment on liver and plasma metabolites in the goldfish, Carassius auratus". General and Comparative Endocrinology. 35 (2): 99–109. doi:10.1016/0016-6480(78)90151-X – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  • Delahunty, George; Olcese, James; Prack, Margaret; Vodicnik, Mary Jo; Schreck, Carl B.; de Vlaming, Victor (1978). "Diurnal variations in the physiology of the goldfish, Carassius auratus". Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research. 9 (2): 73–88.
  • Delahunty, George; Schreck, Carl; Specker, Jennifer; Olcese, James; Vodicnik, Mary Jo; de Vlaming, Victor (June 1979). "The effects of light reception on circulating estrogen levels in female goldfish, Carassius auratus: Importance of retinal pathways versus the pineal". General and Comparative Endocrinology. 38 (2): 148–152. doi:10.1016/0016-6480(79)90201-6 – via El Sevier Science Direct.
  • Delahunty, George; de Vlaming, Victor L. (January 1980). "Seasonal relationships of ovary weight, liver weight and fat stores with body weight in the goldfish, Carassius auratus (L.)". Journal of Fish Biology. 16 (1): 5–13. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.1980.tb03683.x – via Wiley.
  • Delahunty, George; Olcese, Jennifer; de Vlaming, Victor (September 1980). "Photoperiod effects on carbohydrate metabolites in the goldfish, Carassius auratus: role of the pineal and retinal pathways". Revue Canadienne de Biologie. 39 (3): 173–180.
  • Delahunty, George; Tomlinson, Michele (July 1984). "Photoperiod-Independent Actions of the Pineal Organ: Aspects of a Pineal Organ-Pancreas Relationship". Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 113 (4): 439–443. doi:10.1577/1548-8659(1984)113<439:PAOTPO>2.0.CO;2 – via Taylor & Francis.
  • Delahunty, George; Tomlinson, Michelle (December 1984). "Hypoglycemic effects of melatonin in the goldfish, Carassius auratus". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology. 78 (4): 871–875. doi:10.1016/0300-9629(84)90648-0.

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.
  2. 1 2 3 "George Delahunty". Goucher College. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  3. 1 2 "ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE METABOLISM OF CARASSIUS AURATUS: ROLE OF THE PINEAL ORGAN AND RETINAL PATHWAYS - ProQuest". Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  4. ↑ "Computerized Data Acquisition for the Physiology Laboratory". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  5. ↑ Hombacher, Gary (2014-04-13). "Expanding programs expand opportunities". The Baltimore Sun. p. M2. Retrieved 2018-05-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Fowler, Elizabeth M. (1991-07-23). "Careers; Late Premed Programs for Graduates". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  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 2018-03-10.
  8. ↑ Greenberg, Josh (2018-05-19). Military, Talia, ed. "Goucher Says Farewell to Professors". The Goucher Eye. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  9. 1 2 Kelly, Jacques (2006-09-21). "Katherine Henneberger, 61, professor of economics". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
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