Background
Eriksen, Charles Walter was born on February 4, 1923 in Omaha. Son of Charles Hans and Louella (Carlson) Eriksen.
Eriksen, Charles Walter was born on February 4, 1923 in Omaha. Son of Charles Hans and Louella (Carlson) Eriksen.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University Omaha, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford, 1950.
Assistant professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1949-1953;
research scientist, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1954-1955;
lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1954;
member of faculty, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1956;
professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1959-1993;
professor emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1993. Research consultant VA, 1960-1980. Member psycho-biology panel National Science Foundation, 1963.
Member experimental psychology study section National Institutes of Health, 1958-1962, 66-70. Pillsbury Memorial lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1966. Keynote address 1st International Congress on VisualSearch, U. Durham, United Kingdom, 1988, European Congress for Cognitive Psychology, Elsinore, Denmark, 1993.
Invited lecturer Max Plank Institute, Munich, 1993, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 1993, University of Salamanca, Spain, 1993.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Psychological Society, Psychonomic Society, Society Experimental Psychologists, Midwestern Psychological Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Garnita Tharp, July 22, 1945 (divorced January 1971). Children: Michael John, Kathy Ann. Married Barbara Becker, April 1971.