Background
Grams, Armin Edwin was born on October 20, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Adolf and Anna Carolina (Mueller) Grams.
Grams, Armin Edwin was born on October 20, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Adolf and Anna Carolina (Mueller) Grams.
Bachelor of Science, Concordia College, 1945. Master of Arts, DePaul University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1952.
Teacher, principal, various elementary schools, Chicago, 1945-1949;
instructor department education and psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, 1949-1952;
assistant professor department education and psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, 1952-1955;
associate professor department psychology, LaCrosse (Wisconsin) State College, 1955-1957;
associate professor, Institute Child Development, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1957-1962;
professor, The Merrill Palmer Institute of Human Development and Family Life, Detroit, 1962-1971;
professor department human development, University Vermont, Burlington, 1971-1990;
co-director Center for Study of Aging, U. Vermont, Burlington, since 1995;
professor emeritus, University Vermont, Burlington, since 1990. Psychologist Dyslexia Memorial Institute, Chicago, 1950-1955. Board directors Search Institute, Minneapolis, 1958-1986, chair, 1972-1979, guest professor Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany, 1967-1968.
Human development consultant General Learning Corporation, Chicago, 1984-1990. Co-director Center for the Study of Aging, U. Vermont, since 1995.
Member Governor's advisory council Vermont Office on Aging, Waterbury, 1977-1980. Vermont delegate National Rural Aging Strategy Conference, Des Moines, 1979. Vermont state coordinator White House COnf. on Families, Washington, 1979-1981.
Delegate White House Conference on Aging, 1995. Member American Psychological Association, General Services Administration, National Council on the Aging, Inc. (board directors 1988-1990), Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (executive committee 1987-1994, president 1992-1993).
Married Norma Mueller, August 23, 1947 (deceased). Children: Paul Mueller, Elisabeth Grams Haxby, James Carlton, John Frederick. Married Sophie Quest, October 26, 1996.