Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History

Sauer, Anne

Branco, Jessica

Bennett, John

Crowley, Zachary

2000

Sackler, Arthur M., 1914-1987

 

Sackler, Dr. Arthur M. (1914-1987), a noted psychologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist, donated the funds used to build the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at the Boston campus of Tufts University.

Sackler was educated at Heights College of New York University in Brooklyn, where he majored in art history and English drama and minored in biology. After completing his undergraduate career, Sackler continued his education at New York University's Medical School. Upon graduation, Sackler was hired as a resident in psychiatry at Creedmor State Hospital. Soon he was named director of the Institute for Psychobiologic Studies, and he began his work as an editor. Sackler edited the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Psychobiology until he decided, in 1960, to found his own journal. Sackler established the Medical Tribune, which soon circulated to over one million readers in twenty different countries. Sackler also continued his work in the lab, gaining additional fame as the creator of Valium.

In 1983, Sackler gave Tufts University the largest donation it had received to that date, providing for the construction of the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at the Boston campus of the Tufts University Medical School.

Sackler also provided the funds for the Sackler Center for Health Communications on the Boston Campus. Among Sackler's other philanthropic gifts are the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Beijing University, and the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv.

At Commencement exercises in 1984, Tufts honored Sackler's work by presenting him with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.

Sackler died of natural causes on May 26, 1987.

Source: OBS 8/27/84, TJ 6/18/87

 
 
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Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903
Dana, Charles A., 1881-1975
Dana Laboratory, 1963
Daniel Ounjian Prize in Economics,
Davies, Caroline Stodder, 1864-1939
Davies House, 1894
De Florez Prize in Human Engineering, 1964
de Pacheco, Kaye MacKinnon, ca. 1910-ca. 1985
Dean Hall, 1887-1963
Dean, Oliver, 1783-1871
Dearborn, Heman Allen, 1831-1897
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, 1893
Department of Anesthesia, 1970
Department of Art and Art History, 1930
Department of Biochemistry, 1893
Department of Chemistry, 1882
Department of Community Health, 1930
Department of Dermatology, 1897
The Department of Economics, 1946
Department of Medicine, 1893
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Department of Neurology, 1893
Department of Neuroscience, 1983
Department of Neurosurgery, 1951
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1893
Department of Ophthamology, 1893
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1906
Department of Otolaryngology, 1895
Department of Pathology, 1893
Department of Pediatrics, 1930
Department of Pharmacology, 1915
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1854
Department of Physiology, 1893
Department of Psychiatry, 1928
Department of Radiation Oncology, 1968
Department of Radiology, 1915
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1955
Department of Surgery, 1893
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, 1973
Department of Urology, 1910
Dental Health Sciences Building, 1969
Dewick, Cora Alma (Polk), 1875-1977
Dewick/MacPhie Dining Hall, 1959
Dickson Professorship of English and American History, 1913
Dirlam, Arland A., 1905-1979
Dog Cart, 1900
Dolbear, Amos Emerson, 1837-1910
Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship, 1946
Dr. Benjamin Andrews Professorship of Surgery, 1987
Dr. Philip E. A. Sheridan Prize, 1977
The Drug Bust, 1970
Dudley, Henry Watson, 1831-1906
Dugger, Edward Jr., 1919-75
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