PINCUS, Jonathan H. 1935-

PERSONAL: Born May 4, 1935, in Brooklyn, NY; son of Joseph B. (a pediatrician) and Hannah M. (a teacher; maiden name, Palestine) Pincus; married Cynthia S. Deery, 1961 (divorced, 1983); married Fortuna M. Fries, 1983 (divorced, 1995); children: (first marriage) Daniel, Jeremy, Adam. Ethnicity: "Caucasian-Jewish." Education: Amherst College, A.B. (cum laude), 1956; Columbia University, M.D., 1960. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish. Hobbies and other interests: Writing children's stories.

ADDRESSES: Offıce—Veterans Administration Medical Center, 50 Irving St. N.W., Washington, DC 20422; fax: 202-745-8231. Agent—Gail Ross, 1666 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20009. E-mail— johnathan.pincus@med.va.gov, and pincusjh@erols. com.

CAREER: Yale University, New Haven, CT, faculty member, 1964-74, professor of neurology, 1974-86; Georgetown University, Washington, DC, professor of neurology, 1987—, department chair, 1987-95. Veterans Administration Medical Center, chief of neurology, 2001—.

MEMBER: American Neurological Association, American Academy of Neurology (fellow; past vice president), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

AWARDS, HONORS: Golden Apple Award, Georgetown University, 1989; Kaiser Permanente Award for teaching, 1993.

WRITINGS:

(With G. J. Tucker) Behavioral Neurology, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1974, 4th edition, 2002.

Base Instincts: What Makes Killers Kill, W. W. Norton (New York, NY), 2001.

Contributor of numerous articles to medical journals, including Neurology.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Grandfather's Tales, a collection of children's stories; research in Parkinson's disease and on violence.