A Tribute to Mark Hallett, MD (1943–2025)
Joseph Jankovic, Günther Deuschl
Movement Disorders December 26, 2025 DOI: 10.1002/mds.70155 (opens in new tab)
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| Keywords | Tribute Internship Medical school Biography Medal Apprenticeship Obituary Portrait Classics Library science Management Gerontology Art history Family medicine Curriculum |
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| Key points | Recounts that the subject's undergraduate interest turned from astronomy to brain function after learning of Timothy Leary's psilocybin experiments at Harvard, leading to a biology degree in 1965. |
Abstract
High School in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, where he was elected senior class president.He then attended Harvard College, initially intending to study astronomy.But after learning about the controversial experiments with psilocybin conducted by psychology professor Timothy Leary and his colleagues, he became interested in the function of the human brain, and graduated Magna Cum Laude as a Biology major in 1965.While at Harvard he met Judith Peller