Beverly Bishop papers

Collection — Box: 1-15

Identifier: 19-F-1212

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The papers of Beverly Bishop contain articles with handwritten notes, articles, correspondence between faculty, staff and other researchers reprints, experiments, teaching documents, and various lectures associated with research and department interests.

Dates

1947-2008

Creator

Bishop, Beverly (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English.

Terms of Access

Beverly Bishop Papers, 1947-2008 are open for research.

Please note: This collection is stored off-site. Access to collection requires 3 business days’ notice. Contact University Archives at (716) 645-2916 or lib-archives@buffalo.edu to schedule an appointment.

Copyright

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Biographical Note

With a career of teaching and research spanning over 50 years, Bishop was the author of more than 150 scholarly articles and editor of four books. She taught and mentored thousands of students during her tenure at the University at Buffalo. Research interests were identifying and analyzing how the nervous system controls muscle activity in both humans and animals. The focus of her experimental work was concerned primarily with the neural regulation of the respiratory muscles.

1940
: Received her bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from Syracuse University.
1944
: Earned a master of science in psychology from the University of Rochester.
1958
: Received a doctorate in Physiology from the University at Buffalo.
1970s
: Appointed as Chair of Membership Advisory Committee of the American Physiological Association. She and Helen Cecil were the first women to serve as Chair of an APS Standing Committee.
1975
: Awarded the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
1992
: Named SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
2007
: Died at the age of 85