Background
Mershon, Donald Hartland was born on March 29, 1944 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Son of Arthur Hartland Junior and Marianna Harris (Jenkins) Mershon.
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Donald Hartland Mershon
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Bachelor in Psychology, Franklin & Marshall College, 1966; Master of Arts in Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970.
Career
Research assistant department psychology, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1964-1966;
fellow department psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1966-1969;
predoctoral research fellow department psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969-1970;
research associate, lecturer department psychology, York University, Downsview, Ontario., Canada, 1970-1972;
from assistant to associate professor psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1972-1992;
professor psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1992. Undergraduate program coordinator, graduate program coordinator, department chairman programsand leadership evaluation committee, planning committee, coordinator ergonomics program, faculty advisor carolinas psychology conference, chairman faculty search committee, North Carolina State University. President/senior scientist, consultant on spatial/perceptual factors in accidents, Mershon Associations.
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Achievements
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, Acoustical Society American, American Psychological Society, Eastern Psychol.Assn., Human Factors & Ergonomics Society, North Carolina Regional Chapter Acoustical Society American (Executive Committee 1989-1993, chairman 1991-1992), Psychonomic Society, Sigma Phi Omega, Sigma Xi.
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Married Loretta Ann Kizer, June 12, 1965. Children: Walter G.H., Jennifer A.
