Alberta Steinman Gilinsky

Background

Gilinsky, Alberta Steinman was born on April 6, 1918 in New York City. Daughter of David Barnard and Irene (Hoffmann) Steinman.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Smith College, 1938. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1944.

Career

Instructor psychology, Tufts U., 1946-1948; instructor psychology, Vassar College, 1948-1951; research associate, member science staff, Columbia University, 1951-1955; research supervisor, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc., 1955-1962; research psychologist T.J. Watson Research laboratories, International Business Machines Corporation, 1962-1964; associate professor psychology, U. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1965-1969; professor, U. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1969-1979; William Benton professor, U. Bridgeport, Connecticut, since 1979; professor emeritus, U. Bridgeport, Connecticut, since 1989; research scientist, Wesleyan University, since 1990. Director Vision Laboratory, Bridgeport, since 1967. Visiting scholar, research professor Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1971-1972.

Visiting professor U. Rene Descartes, Paris, 1987-1988. Member vision committee National Research Council. Member peer review committee National Science Foundation.

Consultant Polish Academy Sciences, Vision Research Department Defense.

Achievements

• Alberta Steinman Gilinsky has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences. Member Psychonomic Society, Society Neurosci., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (Kappa chapter).

Connections

Married Nicholas B. Jacobson, November 5, 1934 (divorced 1942). 1 child, Peter; married Armand Gilinsky, July 14, 1944. Children: Ann, Armand Junior, Adam.

Father:

David Barnard Steinman

Mother:

Irene (Hoffmann) Steinman

Spouse:

Nicholas B. Jacobson

Spouse:

Armand Gilinsky

child:

Ann Gilinsky

child:

Armand Junior Gilinsky

child:

Peter Gilinsky

child:

Adam Gilinsky