Background
Riopelle, Arthur Jean was born on April 22, 1920 in Thorp, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Wilfred Gaspar and Ann Marie (Schroeder) Riopelle.
Riopelle, Arthur Jean was born on April 22, 1920 in Thorp, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Wilfred Gaspar and Ann Marie (Schroeder) Riopelle.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1941; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1950.
Assistant professor, then associate professor, Emory University, 1950-1957; director psychology division, United States Army Medical Research Laboratory, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1957-1959; director, Yerkes laboratories Primate Biology, Orange Park, Florida, 1959-1962; director, Delta Regional Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, 1962-1971; professor psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1972; Boyd professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1977-1989; Boyd professor emeritus, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1989. Member National Research Council panel on manganese, Committee on Medical and Biological Effects of Environmental Pollutants.
Louisiana Board Examiners of Psychologists, 1972-1975. Member panel on Air Force training National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1955-1956. Primate research study section American Institute Biological Sciences-National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959-1963.
Chairman sub-commission on man Lunar Receiving Laboratory Study, 1970-1971. Chairman United States-Japan Conference Primate Research, 1963-1964. Chairman sub-committee primate standards Institute Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council, 1964-1969.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Psychological Association, American Physiological Society, Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology, International Primatological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Psychonomic Society, Southeastern Psychological Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Chi.
Married Mary Jane Astell, May 2, 1942. Children– Mary Ann, James Michael, Jean Elizabeth.