Background
Beier, Ernst Gunter was born on June 26, 1916 in Breslau, Germany. Came to United States, 1938. Son of Paul and Hanna Beier.
("A Question of Belonging" is Ernst Beier's modern odyssey...)
"A Question of Belonging" is Ernst Beier's modern odyssey of loss and survival in the maelstrom of World War Two. Beier was from an affluent German Jewish family; he escaped to America just before Hitler's Nazi juggernaut closed the borders and he lost contact with the first great love of his life. Beier earned a college degree ina year and one-half and joined the U.S. Army. He fought his way back across Europe, eventually becoming an interpreter for the U.S. Army. All the while Beier used Goethe's "Faust," (which he had virtually memorized) as a talisman and a guide. After the war, Beier returned to the United States and earned a doctorate in psychology. He went on to a distinguished academic career, first at Syracuse University and then at the University of Utah. Ernst Beier's memoir is an epic search for place in a shattered world and a stunning testament to the human spirit. Category: World War/ Two/ Holocaust/ memoirs
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Beier, Ernst Gunter was born on June 26, 1916 in Breslau, Germany. Came to United States, 1938. Son of Paul and Hanna Beier.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1949. Doctor (honorary), California School Professional Psychology, 1984.
Assistant professor Syracuse (New York ) University, 1948-1953. Associate professor department psychology University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1953-1957, 1957-1986, professor emeritus, since 1986, director clinical training department psychology, 1957. Chair board examiners Licence in Psychology, Utah, 1972-1975.
Chair professional advisory board Children's Center, Utah, 1976-1984. Presenter in field.
("A Question of Belonging" is Ernst Beier's modern odyssey...)
Served with United States Army, 1943-1945, Prisoner Of War, Germany. Member American Psychological Association (founding president Division 52, council representatives 1971-1984, 87-90, chair international relations committee 1978, public interest coalition 1978-1981, convention board 1981, Distinguished Service to Psychology award 1985, president division psychotherapy 1985, member finance committee 1988-1991, Distinguished Psychology award division 29 1989, Carl Heiser award for advocacy of psychology 1992), Psi Chi (vice president 1979, Outstanding Contributions award 1981).
Married Frances R. Redlich, September 6, 1949. Children: Paul, Lisa.