Horvath, Steven M.

American physiologist educated at Miami University of Ohio (BA 1934) and Harvard University (Ph. D. 1942). At Harvard, Horvath worked in the Fatigue Laboratory under the guidance of the eminent physiologist David Bruce Dill. Horvath eventually married Dill's daughter, and maintained a working relationship with Dill until Dill's death. After earning his Ph. D., Horvath had research and/or teaching appointments at Mass. State Hospital for the Insane, University of Pennsylvania, Iowa State University, and Landenau Hospital in Philadelphia. In 1961 Horvath joined the faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara. There he was instrumental in establishing the Institute of Environmental Stress and served as its director from 1962 to 1984. He was also one of the primary contributors to a proposal to establish a Center for Aging Research at UCSB. In 1992, the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held a three day symposium on the UCSB campus in honor of Horvath's 80th birthday.

From the description of Steven M. Horvath papers, 1938-1992. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 44633865

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