Eckhard Heinrich Hess

Background

Hess, Eckhard Heinrich was born on September 27, 1916 in Bochum, Germany. Came to the United States, 1927. Naturalized, 1943. Son of Heinrich Peter and Wilhelmina (Salewski) Hess.

Education

AB, Blue Ridge College, New Windsor, Maryland., 1941; Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1948.

Career

Junior instructor, Johns Hopkins University, 1946-1947; faculty, University of Chicago, 1948-1986; professor psychology, University of Chicago, 1959-1986; department chairman, University of Chicago, 1963-1968; director, water closet Allee Laboratory Animal Behavior, 1960-1970. Spring visiting associate professor Swarthmore College, 1957, University of California, Berkeley,1958. Visiting professor U. Maryland.-Baltimore County, 1975.

Consultant-director Perception Laboratory, Interpublic, Inc., New York City, 1960-1967. Member committee comparative development Social Science Research Council, 1961-1967.

Achievements

• Eckhard Heinrich Hess has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, ethologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Army of the United States, 1943-1944. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (life), Society Experimental Psychologists, American Psychological Association, Animal Behavior Society. Member International Brain Research Organization, American Museum Natural History, National Geography Society, Psychonomic Society, Society Neurosci., Behavior Genetics Society, International Ehology Congress (international executive committee), Quadrangle Club, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Dorothea Burghard-Nawaisky, September 29, 1942.

Father:

Heinrich Peter Hess

Mother:

Wilhelmina (Salewski) Hess

Spouse:

Dorothea Burghard-Nawaisky