George Roger Klare

Background

Klare, George Roger was born on April 17, 1922 in Minneapolis. Son of George C. and Lee (Launer) Klare.

Education

Student, University Nebraska, 1940-1941; student, University Minnesota, 1941-1943; student, University Missouri, 1943; Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1946; Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1950.

Career

Instructor, University of Minnesota, 1948-1950; staff psychologist, Psychological Corporation, New York City, 1950-1951; research associate, University of Illinois, 1952-1954; assistant professor department psychology, Ohio U., Athens, 1954-1957; associate professor, Ohio U., 1957-1962; professor, Ohio U., 1962-1979; Distinguished professor, Ohio U., 1979-1989; Distinguished professor emeritus, Ohio U., since 1989; department chairman, Ohio U., 1959-1963; acting dean College Arts and Science, Ohio U., 1965, 85-86; dean, Ohio U., 1966-1971; media coordinator, Ohio U., 1972-1975; acting associate provost for graduate and research programs, Ohio U., 1986-1987; research associate, Harvard University, 1968-1969; visiting professor, State University New York at Stony Brook, 1971-1972; visiting professor, U. Iowa, 1979-1980. Staff member New York City Writers Conference, 1956-1957. Consultant, lecturer National Project Agriculture Communication, 1957-1959, Committee on World Literacy and Christian Literature, 1958-1962.

Executive assistant, senior research engineer Autonetics, 1960-1961. Consultant Resources Development Corporation, 1962-1965, Boston Public School, 1968, District of Columbia Heath Company, 1971, Western Electric, 1973, Westinghouse, 1975, Human Resources Research Organisation, 1978-1979, United States Navy, 1975, Armed Superior vena cava syndrome Readability Research,1975, Center for Ednl. Experimental, Development and Evaluation, 1978-1979, 81, United States Army, 1979, Bell System Center for Technology Education, 1975-1980, Time, Inc., 1977-1979, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1979-1981, 83,84, College Osteo Medicine, Ohio U., 1987-1989.

Lecturer Open University, England, 1975, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Conference Visual Presentation ofInfo., The Netherlands, 1978, Beijing Normal U., 1990.

Achievements

• George Roger Klare has been listed as a noteworthy Psychology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A manual for readable writing
  • Know Your Reader : The Scientific Approach to Readability
  • The Measurement of Readability

Membership

Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Fellow American Psychological Association. Member National Reading Conference (invited address 1975, Oscar Causey award for outstanding contributions to reading research 1981), International Reading Association (elected to Hall of Fame 1997), American Educational Research Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Phi Lambda, Psi Chi, Phi Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Julia Marie Price Matson, December 24, 1946. Children: Deborah, Roger, Barbara.

Father:

George C. Klare

Mother:

Lee (Launer) Klare

Spouse:

Julia Marie Price Matson

child:

Roger Klare

child:

Deborah Klare

child:

Barbara Klare