Background
Beach, Frank Ambrose was born on April 13, 1911 in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Son of Frank Ambrose and Bertha (Robinson) Beach.
psychobiologist emeritus educator
Beach, Frank Ambrose was born on April 13, 1911 in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Son of Frank Ambrose and Bertha (Robinson) Beach.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State Teachers College, 1933. Master of Science, Kansas State Teachers College, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1940.
Doctor of Science, McGill University, 1966. Doctor of Science, Williams College, 1968. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Emporia State University, 1988.
Research assistant to Doctor K.S. Lashley department psychology, Harvard University, 1935-1936; assistant curator department experimental biology, American Museum Natural History, 1936-1941; assistant curator in charge, American Museum Natural History, 1941-1942; associate curator in charge department animal behavior, American Museum Natural History, 1942; chairman and curator department animal behavior, American Museum Natural History, 1942-1946; professor psychology, Yale University, 1946-1958; Sterling professor, Yale University, 1952-1958; professor psychology, University of California-Berkeley, 1958-1978; professor emeritus, University of California-Berkeley, 1978-1988. Research associate American Museum Natural History.
Fellow New York Zoological Society, American Psychological Association. Member American Society Naturalists, National Academy of Sciences, Society Experimental Psychologists, American Philosophical Society, Western Psychological Association, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Sigma Xi.
Married Anna Beth Odenweller, March 1935 (deceased June 1971). Children: Frank Ambrose, Susan Elizabeth. Married Noel Ann Gaustad, April 1972.