Eliot Stellar (November 1, 1919 – October 12, 1993) was an American physiological psychologist who did research of the physiological processes of the brain and how they affect motivation and behavior. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The National Academy of Sciences called him "one of the founders of ... behavioral neuroscience". ^[2] Stellar was a provost at the University of Pennsylvania, ^{[3] [1]} a member of the National Academy of Sciences ^{[3] [2]} and the president of the Academy's the Human Rights Committee, ^[3] president of the Eastern Psychological Association, ^[3] president of the American Philosophical Society, ^{[3] [1]} a recipient of the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Physiologists ^[3] and of the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement. ^[3]

• November 1, 1919: born in Boston, Massachusetts ^[3]
• 1941: graduated from Harvard University ^[3]
• 1942: M.S., Brown University ^[3]
• 1947: Ph.D., Brown University ^[3]
• 1947-1960: faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University ^[3]
• 1960-1965: professor of physiological psychology, Department of Anatomy, the University of Pennsylvania ^[3]
• 1967: the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Physiologists
• 1965-1973: director of the Institute of Neurological Sciences, the University of Pennsylvania ^[3]
• 1973-1978: provost, the University of Pennsylvania ^[3]
• 1990, at age 70, Chair of the Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania ^[3]
• 1993: the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement ^[3]
• 1993 dies of cancer at the University Medical Center in Philadelphia