Background
Erickson, Charles John was born on September 4, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Gustave and Alice (Wackenfeldt) Erickson.
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Charles John Erickson
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AB, University of Chicago, 1952; AM, University of Chicago, 1954.
Career
Associate social scientist, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1955-1956;
senior human factors engineer, Northrop Aircraft Corporation, Hawthorne, California, 1956-1959;
human factors specialist, Systems Development Corporation, Santa Monica, 1959-1960;
systems analyst, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1960-1962;
supervisor life systems, North America Aviation, Downey, California, 1962-1964;
Apollo crew systems engineer, North America Aviation, Downey, California, 1964-1965;
manager medical systems, North America Rockwell, Anaheim, California, 1965-1970;
associate director health systems Office R & D,, Indian Health Svc., Tucson, 1970-1980;
deputy associate director Office Health Program Research and Development, Indian Health Svc., Tucson, since 1980. Consultant Peace Corps, California State University, Los Angeles, 1968. Member, chairman systems panel Los Angeles Mental Health Association, 1968-1970.
Rural health consultant Egyptian Ministry Health, Cairo, 1978, 79. Guest lecturer University of California at Los Angeles School Public Health, 1970-1973.
Membership
Member Wiche Committee on Improving Mental Health, Tucson, 1972, Pima County Health Planning Council, Tucson, 1973-1976, Health Systems Agency Southern Arizona, Tucson, 1976-1979. Member board Christian education Congressional Church, Tucson, 1990-1991. Moderator Rincon Congressional Church, 1992, chair stewardship board, 1994.
Fellow Society for Applied Anthropology. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Human Factors Society (president Los Angeles chapter 1969-1970), Human Factors Society (book reviewer 1974-1975), Society for General Systems Research (paper referee 1983-1984), American Anthropological Association, New York Academy of Sciences.
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Married Roberta Anne Moose, January 6, 1953 (divorced December 1990). Children: Kristina, Kirsten, Karin. Married Patricia Ann Miller, December 22, 1990.
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American
Awards
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Recipient Superior Performance award Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1974, Director's award for excellence Indian Health Svc., 1988, Secretary's Senior Management citation Department of Health and Human Services, 1983.Recipient Superior Performance award Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1974, Director's award for excellence Indian Health Svc., 1988, Secretary's Senior Management citation Department of Health and Human Services, 1983.