Wayne Wickelgren Explained

Wayne Allen Wickelgren
Birth Date:4 June 1938
Birth Place:Hammond, Indiana, U.S.
Death Date: (aged 67)
Death Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Children:5

Wayne Allen Wickelgren was a professor of psychology at Columbia University.

Early life

Wickelgren was born on June 4, 1938, to Herman and Alma Larson Wickelgren. He graduated from Hammond High School.[1]

Education

Wickelgren attended Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude with the Class of 1960. He studied social relations. He received a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1962.[2]

Career

In 1962, Wickelgren started as an assistant professor in the Psychology department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3] While there, he rose to full Professor and researched problem-solving, learning, and language.[4]

In 1969, he started as a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon where he worked until 1987.[5] From 1987 until his death in 2005, he was an Adjunct Research Scientist at Columbia University.[6]

Wicklegren's work was used by James McClelland and David Rumelhart to develop the Wickelphone which is a sequence of 3 letters or symbols used together in a word.

He was a member of the International Neural Network Society, the Society for Neuroscience, the Psychonomic Society, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Society for Mathematical Psychology.

Books

Personal life

Wickelgren had 5 children including physicist Peter W. Graham, mathematician Kirsten Wickelgren, and lawyer Abraham Wickelgren. Wickelgren was survived by his partner Norma Graham.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harvard Alumni Association Class Report Office. 2018-03-14. Wayne Allen Wickelgren. 2024-06-19. Harvard. en-US.
  2. Web site: Wickelgren. Wayne. 2018-03-14. [hhttps://www.columbia.edu/~nvg1/Wickelgren/ Wayne Wickelgren]. 2024-06-19. Columbia. en-US.
  3. Web site: Wickelgren. Wayne. 2018-03-14. [hhttps://www.columbia.edu/~nvg1/Wickelgren/ Wayne Wickelgren]. 2024-06-19. Columbia. en-US.
  4. Web site: Harvard Alumni Association Class Report Office. 2018-03-14. Wayne Allen Wickelgren. 2024-06-19. Harvard. en-US.
  5. Web site: Wickelgren. Wayne. 2018-03-14. [hhttps://www.columbia.edu/~nvg1/Wickelgren/ Wayne Wickelgren]. 2024-06-19. Columbia. en-US.
  6. Web site: Harvard Alumni Association Class Report Office. 2018-03-14. Wayne Allen Wickelgren. 2024-06-19. Harvard. en-US.
  7. Web site: Amazon. 2001. Math Coach: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Succeed in Math. 2024-06-19. Amazon. en-US.
  8. Web site: Amazon. 1995. How to Solve Mathematical Problems. 2024-06-19. Amazon. en-US.
  9. Web site: Amazon. 1979. Cognitive Psychology. 2024-06-19. Amazon. en-US.
  10. Web site: Amazon. 1977. Learning and Memory. 2024-06-19. Amazon. en-US.
  11. Web site: Amazon. 1974. How to Solve Problems: Elements of a Theory of Problems and Problem Solving . 2024-06-19. Amazon. en-US.
  12. Web site: Harvard Alumni Association Class Report Office. 2018-03-14. Wayne Allen Wickelgren. 2024-06-19. Harvard. en-US.

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