Background
Riesen, Austin Herbert was born on July 1, 1913 in Newton, Kansas, United States. Son of Emil Richert and Rachel (Penner) Riesen.
Riesen, Austin Herbert was born on July 1, 1913 in Newton, Kansas, United States. Son of Emil Richert and Rachel (Penner) Riesen.
Bachelor of Arts Arizona, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1939. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Arizona, 1981.
Research associate, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1939;
assistant professor psychobiology, Yerkes laboratories Primate Biology, Orange Park, Florida, 1939-1949;
associate professor, University of Chicago, 1949-1956;
professor psychology, University of Chicago, 1956-1962;
professor psychology, University of California, Riverside, 1962-1980;
also chairman, University of California, Riverside, 1962-1968;
professor emeritus psychology, University of California, Riverside, 1980-1996;
annual faculty research lecturer, University of California, Riverside, 1974. Visiting research professor of University Rochester, 1951-1953. Researcher in psychiatry NIMHFound., Bethesda, Maryland., 1964-1969.
Member vision research committee National Institutes of Health, 1959-1963;research lecturer Sigma Xi, U. Arizona, 1961, University of California, Riverside, 1975.
Captain United States Air Force, 1943-1946. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Psychological Association (president division 6 1965-1967), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Helen Haglin, July 29, 1939. Children: Carol, Kent.