Duke Flags Lowered: Neurophysiologist Wilkie Wilson Dies at Age 79

Wilkie Andrew Wilson Jr., an emeritus professor who explored topics ranging from the basic neurophysiology of individual neurons through learning and addiction in adolescent humans, died on March 4.

Wilson was born on October 26, 1944, in Sulphur, Louisiana and earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University in 1971. He then accepted a position as research scientist at the Durham Veterans Affairs Epilepsy Center. He maintained a long-term association with the