Background
Small, Arnold Mccollum was born on September 16, 1929 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Arnold Milroy and Grace Aida (McCollum) Small.
Small, Arnold Mccollum was born on September 16, 1929 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Arnold Milroy and Grace Aida (McCollum) Small.
Bachelor with distinction, San Diego State University, 1951; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1954.
Research associate human factor division, United States Navy Elec. Laboratory, San Diego, 1948-1951;
staff member electrical research laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1951;
research assistant department psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1951-1954;
assistant professor department psychology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1954-1958;
from assistant professor to professor various departments, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1958;
chair department speech and hearing, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1984, 93-96;
director division physical education, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1986-1989. Visiting scholar hearing and speech science Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1976-1977, department psychology U. Sydney, 1989.
Consultant Radio Corporation of America, Princeton, New Jersey, 1960-1965, Center Institute for Deaf, St. Louis, 1975-1985, VA Medical Center, Iowa City, 1970-1997. Prin investigator National Science Foundation, Bethlehem, 1956, Iowa City, 1960, 64, 78.
(Elements of hearing science)
Vice president Iowa City Community School Board, 1965-1970. President Lake Macbride Association, Iowa City, 1975-1977. Active Johnson County Regional Planning Committee, Iowa City, 1970-1974, Land Use Technology Committee, Iowa City, 1972-1974, Coralville Lake Association, Iowa City, 1990-1993.
Fellow Acoustical Society of America (editor 1969-1977), American Speech and Hearing Association (editor 1984-1989), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Psychonomics Society, Midwest Psychological Association, Sigma Xi (president Iowa chapter 1972-1973).
Married Greta Faye Crawford, March 22, 1951 (divorced 1981). Children: Janet, Lawrence, Rebecca, Tara, Brian. Married Gerri Kahn, January 3, 1989.