Lindon Eaves
Early life
Eaves studied genetics at the University of Birmingham and theology at Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oxford until 1981, when he moved to Virginia Commonwealth University where Walter Nance and Linda Corey had established the Virginia Twin Registry. In 1996, he and Kenneth Kendler founded the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, where he was professor emeritus and actively engaged in research and training.
Honors
- 1966: First class honors in Genetics, University of Birmingham
- 1981: James Shields Award for Twin Research
- 1989: Mead-Swing Lecturer, Oberlin College
- 1991: President, Behavior Genetics Association
- 1993: Paul Hoch Award, American Psychopathological Association
- 1993-1995: President, International Society for Study of Twins
- 1996: McNair Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1999: Dobzhansky Award, Behavioral Genetics Association
- 1999: Nobel Lecturer, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN 'Genetics in the New Millennium'
- 2000: Doctor Honoris Causa, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2000: Root Lecturer, Washing & Lee University, Lexington, VA
- 2001: VCU School of Medicine Outstanding Research Achievement Award
- 2001: VCU Distinguished Scholarship Award
- 2001: VCU School of Medicine Outstanding Departmental Teacher Award