Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
University of California,
Davis
Contents
Research | Teaching | Service | Contact Information | Biographical Data | Personal Interests
Interests
Archival data analysis - cross-cultural, transhistorical, biographical, and content analytical measures, with special stress on the historiometric analyses of eminent personalities, creative products, and notable events.
History of psychology - including analyses
from the standpoint of the psychology of science, especially the psychology
of distinguished scientists and eminent psychologists.
plus 107 book chapters (32 in handbooks), 39 entries
in 21 encyclopedias,
and 302 contributions to 122 periodicals (154
journal articles and 148 editorials, commentaries, replies, reviews, interviews,
etc.), among them:
Psychological Review (3), Psychological Bulletin (5), Psychological Methods (1), American Psychologist (3), Review of General Psychology (8), Annual Review of Psychology (1), Perspectives on Psychological Science (4), Psychological Science (1), Current Directions in Psychological Science (1), Psychological Inquiry (6), International Journal of Psychology (2), American Journal of Psychology (2), The Psychologist (1), Pszichológia (2), Bulletin de Psychologie (1), New Ideas in Psychology (1), Teaching of Psychology (2), Contemporary Psychology /PsycCRITIQUES (34), The General Psychologist (4), Monitor on Psychology (1), The National Psychologist (1), Psych-Talk (1), North American Journal of Psychology (1), Psychological Reports (2), Advances in Psychology Research (1); Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (20), Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (1), Social and Personality Psychology Compass (2), Social Behavior and Personality (5), Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (2), European Review of Social Psychology (1), Journal of Social Psychology (1), Journal of Applied Social Psychology (1), Psychology and Marketing (1), Journal of Personality (7); Developmental Psychology (1), Developmental Review (2), Annals of Child Development (1), Psychology and Aging (1), International Journal of Aging and Human Development (3), Genetic Psychology Monographs (1), Gerontologist (1), Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging (1); History of Psychology (1), Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (2); Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (2); Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (3); Sex Roles (3), Social Forces (1), Social Science Quarterly (1), Behavior Science Research (1); Political Psychology (6), Leadership Quarterly (3), Political Behavior (1), Presidential Studies Quarterly (1); Intelligence (1); Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (9), Creativity Research Journal (13), Journal of Creative Behavior (10); Thinking Skills and Creativity (1); International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving (1); Gifted Child Quarterly (2), Roeper Review: A Journal on Gifted Education (2), Journal for the Education of the Gifted (1), High Ability Studies (2), Gifted and Talented International (2), Mensa Research Journal (1); Scientometrics (4), Social Studies of Science (3), Isis: Journal of the History of Science Society (2), Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology (1), Kexue Xue Yu Kezue Jishu Guanli (1); Empirical Studies of the Arts (9), Bulletin of Psychology and the Arts (2), Psychology of Popular Media Culture (1), The Amplifier (1), Poetics (2), Computers and the Humanities (1); Psychology of Music (2), Music Perception (1); Perception (1); Psychiatric Times (2), Behaviour Research and Therapy (1), Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought (1), Clio’s Psyche (2), Los Angeles Psychologist (1), Applied & Preventive Psychology: Current Scientific Perspectives (1); Journal of Vocational Behavior (2), Administrative Science Quarterly (1), Management and Organization Review (1); Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences (1), Comparative Civilizations Review (1); Research in Multi-Level Issues (1); Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1); Nature (1), JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association (2), Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (1), Quarterly Review of Biology (1), Behavioral and Brain Sciences (5), Politics and the Life Sciences (1), Journal of Social and Biological Structures (1), Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience (1), Scientific American Mind (1), The Scientist (1); Physics of Life Reviews (5), Czechoslovak Journal of Physics (1); IEEE Potentials (1); Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives (1), and Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) (1).
Complete List | Representative Articles | Select Abstracts | In Review | In Progress | Book Reviews | Publication Distinctions | ErrataResearch Career Awards:
Recognition
Sir Francis Galton Award for Outstanding Contributions
to the Study of Creativity, International Association of Empirical
Aesthetics (IAEA, 1996);
Rudolf Arnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement,
Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, Division
10 - American Psychological Association (APA, 1996);
Distinguished Scientific Contributions to
Media Psychology Award, Society for Media Psychology and Technology,
Division 46 - APA (2013);
President's Award, National Association
for Gifted Children (NAGC, 2007);
E. Paul Torrance Award, Creativity Network,
NAGC (2010).
Research Publication Awards:
William James Book Award, Society for General
Psychology, Division 1 - APA (2000);
George A. Miller Outstanding Article Award,
Society for General Psychology, Division 1 - APA (1997);
Theoretical Innovation Prize, Society
for Personality and Social Psychology, Division 8 - APA (2004);
Award for Excellence in Research, Mensa
Education & Research Foundation and Mensa International, Ltd. (with
A. V. Song; 2011);
Award for Excellence in Research, Mensa
Education & Research Foundation and Mensa International, Ltd. (2009);
Award for Excellence in Research, Mensa
Education & Research Foundation (1986);
Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International
Relations Honorable Mention, Society for the Psychological Study of
Social Issues, Division 9 - APA (1997).
Scientific Society Presidencies:
President, Society for General Psychology,
Division 1 - APA (2011-12);
President, Society for the Psychology
of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, Division 10 - APA (1985-86);
President, IAEA (1998-2000).
Scientific Society Fellow Elections:
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement
of Science (1998);
Fellow, APA (1983), 11 Divisions:
1 - Society for
General Psychology (1995);
5 - Evaluation,
Measurement, and Statistics (2002);
7 - Developmental
Psychology (2000);
8 - Society for
Personality and Social Psychology (1988);
9 - Society for
the Psychological Study of Social Issues (1989);
10 - Society for the Psychology
of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts (1983);
20 - Adult Development and
Aging (1994);
24 - Society for Philosophical
and Theoretical Psychology (2006);
46 - Society for Media Psychology
and Technology (2011);
52 - International Psychology
(2013); see below for 2 - Society for the Teaching of
Psychology;
Fellow, Association for Psychological
Science (1989);
Fellow, IAEA (1998);
Fellow, Western Psychological Association
(2010);
Charter Fellow, American Association of
Applied and Preventative Psychology (1992).
Other Research Honors:
Master Lecturer, Personality and
Individual Differences, Board of Scientific Affairs, APA (2009);
Esther Katz Rosen Fund Lecture on Gifted
Children, American Psychological Foundation (1994);
Member, Sigma Xi (National Scientific
Research Society, 1987);
UC Davis Prize for Teaching and Scholarly
Achievement
(1994; $25,000 award, now $45,000);
Fellow, National Science Foundation (1970-1972).
Google Scholar Citations (details; caveats):
Total citations: 11,588 (single-year
max of 1093 in 2009); 307 cited publications;
h-index: 51 = the largest number
h
such that these h publications have h or more citations;
i10-index: 181 = the number
of publications with 10 or more citations (125 >= 20; 23 > 100; 10 > 200;
4 > 500; 3 > 600; graph).
Colleges/Universities - Harvard (Business Administration, Education, Psychology), Yale, Pennsylvania, Stanford, California (Berkeley, Los Angeles, Merced, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz), Michigan, Michigan State, Göttingen, British Columbia (Green College, Psychology), Pittsburgh, University of Southern California (Music, International Studies), New York University, National Defense, Florida State, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada (Reno), Alabama, Alaska, Texas A&M International, San José State; Colleges - Occidental, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer; Medical College of Wisconsin;
Institutions/Events - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, National Academy of the Sciences, World Science Festival, National Bureau of Economic Research, Santa Fe Institute, European Science Days, Commonwealth Club, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milken Family Foundation, Belin National Center for Gifted Education, Center for Creative Leadership, Creative Education Foundation, Positive Psychology Center, Torrance Center, Cleveland Clinic.
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ASUCD's Student Viewpoint Evaluations
Course Websites
| PSC | Title | Type | Years |
| 151 | Social Psychology | Upper-division undergraduate survey course | 1976-1999 (1) |
| 175 | Genius, Creativity, and Leadership | General Education: Social Sciences - Writing experience | 1991-2012 (2) |
| 185 | History of Psychology | Capstone course in undergraduate major | 1989-2011 (2) |
| 204b | Causal Modeling of Correlational Data | Second course in first-year graduate statistics series | 1993-2009 (1) |
| 220 | History of Psychology | Graduate breadth lecture-seminar | 1995-2011 (3) |
| 390ab | The Teaching of Psychology | Professional course | 2011-2012 (2) |
(1) No longer taught since the latest year indicated, but still covered
by other departmental faculty members (for whom, go here).
(2) Except when on sabbatical or administrative leave, usually offered
once per year.
(3) Since the abolition of identified breadth courses for students
entering the graduate program in fall 2011, this seminar will only be offered
if there is enough student demand that is specified sufficiently in advance.
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Professional Service
Elected Offices:
President, Society for General Psychology,
APA Division 1 (2011-12);
President, International Association of
Empirical Aesthetics (1998-2000);
President, Society for Aesthetics, Creativity,
and the Arts, APA Division 10 (1985-86);
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee,
APA Division 10 (1980-82).
Journal Editor: Journal of Creative Behavior (1993-99).
Journal Guest Editor:
Leadership Quarterly (two-part Special
Issue on "Political Leadership," 1996-98);
Review of General Psychology (Special
Issue on "Positive Psychology," with R. F. Baumeister, 2003-04).
Journal Associate Editor: Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology (2007-09).
Editorial Boards:
Journals: Review of General Psychology (1998-present), Perspectives on Psychological Science (2007-10), Journal of Personality (1985-93), Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (2006-present), Creativity Research Journal (1988-present), Journal of Creative Behavior (1999-present), International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving (2008-present), Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving (2002-08), Empirical Studies of the Arts (1994-present; Advisory Editor, 1999-present), Bulletin of Psychology and the Arts (2001-06), Political Psychology (1997-2005), Leadership Quarterly (1998-2001), the Oxfordian (2005-07), PsycCRITIQUES (2006-present), Social and Personality Psychology Compass (2007-present), Psychology of Popular Media Culture (2011-present).
Book series:
Expertise: Research and Applications (Routledge,
formerly Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995-2012).
Associate Editor: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging (2012-present).
Executive Advisory Boards: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Academic Press (1996-1999); Encyclopedia of Creativity, Elsevier (2nd ed., 2009-11).
Publisher Advisory Boards:
Oxford Guide to Creativity Research Methodology,
Oxford University Press (2004-09);
History and Systems in Psychology, Oxford
University Press (2006-09);
Education, Creativity, and Social Development,
East China Normal University Press (2010-present).
Publications Committee: Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts (APA Division 10; 2003-07).
Corresponding Associate Commentator: Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1990ff).
Reviewer:
Organizations (59 evaluations / 22 organizations): National Science Foundation (20), John Templeton Foundation (8), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (6), Guggenheim Foundation (3), Research Grants Council (Hong Kong, China; 3), European Science Foundation (2), Austrian Science Fund, Humanities in the European Research Area, Israel Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Research Council (The National Academies), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Marconi Institute for Creativity, Sloan Foundation, Spencer Foundation, National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, APA Program Committees (Divisions 5, 8, 10), Hampton Research Grants Programme, France-Berkeley Fund; Ohio State University Seed Grant Program, Jackson State University Center for University Scholars, APA Student Travel Award Program.
Publishers (96 evaluations / 30 publishers): Lawrence Erlbaum (15), Oxford University Press (15), Academic Press (10), Cambridge University Press (9), Elsevier (8), Sage Publications (4), Guilford Press (3), Psychology Press (3), Brooks/Cole (2), Freeman (2), Harvard University Press (2), Kluwer Academic Publishers (2), Prentice-Hall (2), Springer (2), Westview (2), Allyn & Bacon, APA Books, Basic Books, Edward Elgar, Greenwood Press, Harcourt Brace Janovich, Harvard Business School Press, Jossey-Bass, Palgrave Macmillan, Princeton University Press, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, Wadsworth, Wiley, Worth.
Journals (669 evaluations / 136 journals): Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (64); Review of General Psychology (45); Journal of Creative Behavior (41); Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (36); Political Psychology (29); Journal of Personality (25); Creativity Research Journal (23); Psychological Bulletin (22); Leadership Quarterly (21); Psychological Science (15); Empirical Studies of the Arts (14); Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (14); American Psychologist (13); Psychological Review (13); Personality and Individual Differences (11); Multivariate Behavioral Research (10); IEEE Spectrum (9); Psychology and Aging (9); Developmental Psychology (8); Psychology of Music (8); High Ability Studies (7); Intelligence (7); Developmental Review (6); Gerontologist (6); International Journal of Aging and Human Development (6); International Journal of Psychology (6); Music Perception (6); Personality and Social Psychology Review (6); Perspectives on Psychological Science (6); Sex Roles (6); Journal of Applied Social Psychology (5); Journal of Cultural Economics (5); New Ideas in Psychology (5); Social Studies of Science (5); Behavioral Science (4); British Journal of Psychology (4); Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving (4); Poetics (4); Consciousness and Cognition (3); Current Directions in Psychological Science (3); International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving (3); Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (3); Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology (3); The Oxfordian (3); Perceptual and Motor Skills (3); Philosophical Psychology (3); Political Research Quarterly (3); Psychological Reports (3); Psychology of Popular Media Culture (3); Synthese (3); Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2); Child Development (2); Cognitive Development (2); Cognitive Science (2); Comparative Civilizations Review (2); Developmental Science (1); Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines (2); History of Psychology (2); Human Performance (2); Journal for the Education of the Gifted (2); Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (2); Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (2); Journal of Research in Personality (2); Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (2); Learning and Individual Differences (2); Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences (2); Omega: Journal of Death and Dying (2); Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (2); PLoS ONE (2); Psychological Inquiries (2); Social Forces (2); Social Psychology Quarterly (2); Acta Biotheoretica; Administrative Science Quarterly; American Bar Foundation Research Journal; American Journal of Psychology; American Political Science Review; Animal Cognition; Appetite; Assessment; Basic and Applied Social Psychology; Behavior Genetics; Behavior Science Research; Canadian Journal of ehavioural Science; Canadian Journal of Higher Education; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive Psychology; Complexity; Computers and the Humanities; Configurations; Cultural Trends; Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research; Decision Sciences; The Economic Journal; Educational Psychology Review; European Journal of Neurology; Evaluation and Program Planning; History of Science; Human Development; Human Relations; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management; International Journal of Behavioral Development; International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching; International Psychology Bulletin; International Studies in the Philosophy of Science; Journal of Abnormal Psychology; Journal of Applied Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; Journal of Family Psychology; Journal of Gerontology; Journal of Organizational Behavior; Journal of Positive Psychology; Journal of Sports Sciences; Leonardo; Life Span Development and Behavior; Methods; Mind, Brain, and Education; Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy; Musicae Scientiae; New Media & Society; Population and Development Review; Psychological Methods; Psychomusicology: Music, Mind & Brain; Psychonomic Bulletin and Review; Research Policy; Science; Scientometrics; Social and Personality Psychology Compass; Social Psychological and Personality Science; Social Behavior and Personality; Social Science Quarterly; Sociological Methods and Research; South African Journal of Art History; Sports Medicine; Theory & Psychology.
Committees: Chair, Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award, APA Division 1 (2013); Chair, George A. Miller Outstanding Article Award, APA Division 1 (2012), Chair, William James Book Award, APA Division 1 (2011), Chair, Robert S. Daniel Award for Four Year College/University Teaching, APA Division 2, APA (2008); Chair, C. Alan Boneau Award for Outstanding Service, APA Division 1 (2011); Chair, Program, APA Division 10 (1984); Member-at-large, Executive Committee, International Society for the Psychology of Science and Technology; Member, Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology, APA Division 1 (2011-12); Member, Robert S. Daniel Award for Four Year College/University Teaching, APA Division 2 (2007); Member, McKeachie Graduate Student Award, APA Division 2 (2007); Member, Wayne Weiten Teaching Excellence Award for 2-year Colleges, APA Division 2 (2009); Member, Mary Margaret Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award for High School, APA Division 2 (2010); Member, Fellow Nomination Committee, APA Division 10 (1999-2000, 2003-04); Member, C. Alan Boneau Award for Outstanding Service, APA Division 1 (2011); Member, Awards Committee, APA Division 10 (2004-05); Member, Fellow Nomination Committee, IAEA (2003-04); Member, Program Committee APA Division 10 (2002-03); Member, Advisory Board, International Association of Empirical Aesthetics meeting, Lisbon, Portugal (2003-04); Member, Executive Committee, International Congress on Creativity and Psychology of the Arts, Perm, Russia (2003-05); Member, Program Committee, Computational Creativity Workshop at the 7th European Conference in Case-Based Reasoning, Madrid, Spain (2003-04); Honorary Advisor, Center for Creativity and Innovation Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan; Distinguished Consulting Faculty, Saybrook University.
Consultant: The National Academies; North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, Belgium; National Defense University, Department of Defense, Washington, DC; California Youth Authority, Sacramento; Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC; Creative Problem Solving Institute, Buffalo, NY; Arvin Perlmutter, Inc.; Milken Family Foundation; Student Achievement and Advocacy Service Corporation; Templeton Foundation.
Member, Committee on Academic Personnel.
University of California, Davis Campus:
Committee Chair: Academic Personnel; Distinguished Teaching Awards; Arts and Lectures; Teaching Excellence and Merit; Davis Honors Challenge Administrative Review Committee.
Committee Member: Academic Personnel; Academic Personnel Appellate; Academic Planning Council; Academic Senate Executive Council; Executive Council Advisory Group; Distinguished Teaching Awards; Teaching; UC Davis Prize; Registration Fee; Computing Administrative Advisory; Arts and Lectures; Center for Performing Arts Program Planning; Emeriti; Chancellor's Teaching Fellowship Advisory; Courses and Bylaws Subcommittee of the Graduate Council; Child Care; Human Subjects; Sub Work Group on Retention; Search for Director of Teaching Resources Center; Institute for Governmental Affairs; Chancellor's UCD 75th Anniversary Celebration Advisory Council; Program Review (Statistics; Rhetoric and Communication); Winslow and Gilhooly Award Selection; Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Fellowships.
President, Kappa Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa; Liaison Officer, Danforth Foundation; Participant, Recorder, or Discussion Leader: Chancellor's Fall Conferences; Member, Human Development and Statistics Graduate Groups; Faculty Advisor, Epsilon Sigma Rho (Multicultural Fraternity).
College of Letters and Sciences:
Chair of the Faculty, for the Executive Committee and Representative Assembly; Vice-Chair of the Faculty;
Committee Chair: College Personnel; Nominations and Elections.
Committee Member: College Personnel; Educational Policy; Courses of Instruction; Nominations and Elections; Search, Executive Associate Dean; Search, Associate Dean of Academic Personnel; Undergraduate Computing Lab Workgroup for the Division of Social Sciences; Task Force to Review the Composition Requirement.
Commencement Speaker for the 1994 Graduation Ceremonies; Faculty Coordinator, Fulmor Scholarship Program; Advisor, Education Abroad Program.
Department of Psychology:
Departmental Vice-Chair;
Committee Chair: Undergraduate Advising and Student-Faculty Liaison; Undergraduate Honors Advisor; Undergraduate Curriculum; Graduate Advising; Search for Social Psychologist; Search for Quantitative Psychologist.
Committee Member: Graduate Admissions; Computer; Equipment; Search Committees.
Faculty Graduate Advisor; Undergraduate Honors Advisor; Faculty Sponsor, Psi Chi (National Honorary Society); Master Advisor.
Representative: Representative Assembly of the Academic Senate; College Assembly of Letters and Science.
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FAX: 530-752-2087
Electronic Mail Address: dksimonton@ucdavis.edu
Postal Mail Address:
Department of Psychology
One Shields Avenue
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-8686
USA
Departmental Office: 102D Young Hall
Office Hours (Summer-Fall 2013):
On sabbatical leave until 2014. Therefore, office hours by appointment
only;
most often weekday afternoons are available, except when away at conferences
or vacations.
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65 (born January 27, 1948, Glendale, CA; Los Angeles
Metropolitan Area)
Ancestry:
Scottish, English, Serbian, and French-Canadian
(i.e., Gàidhlig, West Germanic, South Slavic, and Gallo Romance);
one quarter each
Education:
| Occidental College | B.A. | 1970 | Psychology | |
| Harvard University | M.A. | 1973 | Social Psychology | |
| Harvard University | Ph.D. | 1975 | Social Psychology |
N.B.: Actually, the M.A. and Ph.D. are both written entirely in Latin, and hence the degrees were not really in "social psychology" but rather in some obscure Latin translation.
Academic Positions:
2004 Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis (to present; Above Scale III in UC System; go here);
1985 Professor, University of California, Davis (to 2004);
1985 Visiting Research Psychologist, Institute for Personality Assessment and Research, University of California, Berkeley;
1980 Associate Professor, University of California, Davis (to 1985);
1976 Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis (to 1980);
1974 Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas (to 1976);
1971 Teaching Fellow, Introductory Psychology and Social Psychology, Harvard University (to 1973);
1969 Section Leader, History of Civilization, Occidental College (to 1970).
Scholastic Awards and Achievements:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY:
Doctoral General Exams passed “with Distinction” (top in class, 1972, Social Psychology Program);
Fellow, National Science Foundation (1970-72);
Fellow, Danforth Foundation (1970-74).OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE:
Phi Beta Kappa (1970);
Magna Cum Laude (High Honors in Psychology, 1970);
Psi Chi (National Honorary Psychology Society, 1969);
99+ Percentile on Graduate Record Examination Psychology Subject Test (1969);
Arnston Memorial Award for essay contest regarding “Man’s Place and Function in the Universe” (1969);
College Scholar (1967-70);
California State Scholarship (1966-70).JOHN H. FRANCIS POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL:
Salutatorian (second highest GPA in mid-year graduating class of 256 students, 1966; Salutatorian Address at Graduation Ceremony);
Three Special Awards (top in mid-year graduating class) for Science, Social Studies, and English (1966);
Ephebian Society (Los Angeles metropolitan society honoring character, leadership, community service, and scholastic achievement, 1966);
Self-Government Award (1966);
Seal Bearer (Lifetime Member, California Scholarship Federation, 1966);
Scholar Quiz Award (won televised competition for Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, 1965);
Team Captain, Knowledge Bowl Team (1965);
Member, California Scholarship Federation (1964-66).RICHARD E. BYRD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduation Speaker on theme “Light the Path to Knowledge” (1963);
Two Awards of Merit (top in mid-year graduating class) for Science and Social Studies (1963);
Sextants (Scholarship Society, 1962-63);
Junior Research Science (Los Angeles metropolitan summer program for scientific talent, 1962).
Autobiographical Essays and Biographical Entries More Information about Dean Curriculum Vita (printable pdf)
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