Personal:
Born: October 26, 1925,
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Married, three Children
United States Army: 1943-1946
Education:
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
B.A. Magna cum laude, 1943
M.A. 1951, experimental psychology and statistics
Ph.D. 1955, experimental psychology and philosophy
Employment:
Instructor, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, 1953-1954
Research Assistant, Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology
Research Associate Professor,
University of Missouri, Columbia, 1955-1964
Visiting Associate Professor,
University of California, Los Angeles, 1964
Professor, University of California,
Santa Barbara, 1965-1975
Visiting Professor, Harvard University,
Cambridge, 1970-1971
Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1975-1990
Visiting Scientist, CREA,
École Polytechnique, 1990-Present
Fellowships: (selected list)
Ford Foundation Fellow,
University of Minnesota, 1953-1954
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA. 1973-1974
Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science,1963
Member, Society of Experimental Psychologists, 1975
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, 1978-1979
Visiting Scientist Program of Japan, 1979
Fellow, Van Leer Jerusalem Foundation, 1980
Fellow, Institute of Advanced Thought, Berlin, 1983-84
Member, Scientific Board, Fyssen Foundation, Paris, 1989-97
Associate, Neurosciences Research Program,
La Jolla, CA 1990
Additional Selected Honors:
Memorial Lecture, Kyoto University, Japan, 1973
Kenneth Craik Research Award,
St. John's College, Cambridge University, 1987
Fyssen Foundation International Research Prize, Paris, 1988
Wilder Pennfield Memorial Lecture,
Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada, 1989
College de France, Lectures and Medal,
Paris, 1991
Wolfgang Kohler Memorial Lecture,
Dartmouth College, Hanover, VT, 1995
George Miller McDonnell Lecture, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Franciso, CA, 1996 Association for Psychological Science,
William James Fellow Award, 2005
Books:
March 1996
March 1986
May 1984