STANLEY MICHAEL E

CWO Michael E. Stanley was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 04/26/1993 at the age of 49.2
New York, NY
Flight Class 65-9W
Date of Birth 02/25/1944
Served in the U.S. Army
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More detail on this person: Dr Michael Edward Stanley, 49 MICHAEL E. STANLEY, 49, RESEARCHER ON SUICIDE South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - Saturday, May 1, 1993 Dr. Michael Edward Stanley, a Columbia University neuroscientist known nationally for his research on the biochemistry of suicide, died of a heart attack on Monday at his home in Short Hills, N.J. He was 49. At the time of his death, Dr. Stanley held twin positions at the Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center. He was the director of the Department of Neuroscience at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, a part of the center. He also was clinical professor of psychopharmacology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. He held both positions since 1989. Dr. Stanley joined the Columbia faculty in 1985 as an associate professor, coming from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He published more than 100 scientific papers. His subjects, besides suicide, included self-injurious behavior and ethics in psychiatry. He was a member and chairman of the psychopharmacology advisory committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He also was a consultant for the National Institute of Mental Health, which provided grants for much of his work, and the American Suicide Foundation. Dr. Stanley, a native of Elizabeth, N.J., was an Army helicopter pilot in Vietnam and Germany from 1965 to 1968, with the rank of chief warrant officer. Dr. Stanley graduated magna cum laude with a psychology major from Montclair State College in 1972. He then studied pharmacology and received a master's degree and a Ph.D. with honors in 1979, both from Mount Sinai School of Medicine-City University of New York.

Burial information: Fair Mount Cemetery, Chatham, NJ

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