Henry Carlton Ellis

Background

Ellis, Henry Carlton was born on October 23, 1927 in New Bern, North Carolina, United States. Son of Henry Alford and Frances Lee (Mays) Ellis.

Education

Bachelor of Science, College William and Mary, 1951; Master of Arts, Emory University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy (Van Blarcom fellow), Washington University, 1958.

Career

Assistant professor psychology, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1957-1962; associate professor, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1962-1967; professor psychology, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1967-1987; distinguished professor psychology, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, since 1987; department chairman, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1975-1984. Vice president General Programmed Teaching Corporation, 1960-1962. Member visiting faculty Washington University, St. Louis, 1963-1967.

Visiting professor psychology University of California, Berkeley, 1971, U. Hawaii, 1977. Distinguished visiting professor United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1978. Chairman Council Graduate Depts.

Psychology, 1977-1979, board of directors, 1976-1981. Visiting scholar Learning Research and Development Center U. Pittsburgh, 1985. Consultant Florida State Board Regents, U. Florida System.

Achievements

• Henry Carlton Ellis has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Transfer of Learning

    (Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in ...)

  • Psychology of Learning and Memory

    (Book by Ellis, Henry C., etc.)

  • Fundamentals of human learning, memory, and cognition (Fundamentals of psychology series)

    (Book by Ellis, Henry C)

  • Fundamentals of human learning and cognition (Fundamentals of psychology series)

    (Book by Ellis, Henry C)

  • Fundamentals of human memory and cognition

    (Book by Ellis, Henry C)

  • Fundamentals of Human Memory and Cognition 4th Edition - Paperback - Fourth Edition, 1st Printing 1989

    (333 pages)

  • Instructor's manual for second edition, Fundamentals of human learning, memory, and cognition

Membership

Member Governor's Council for New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Awards, 1989. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1946-1947. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association (council representatives 1981-1988, 83-89, education and training board 1981-1984, chairman 1984, board directors 1986-1989, president division experimental psychology 1986-1987, policy and planning board since 1989, chairman education and training oversight committee 1989, chairman board educational affairs since 1989, G. Stanley Hall lecturer 1986, SWIM Distinguished lecturer 1987, Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training award 1990, Harry Kirke Moore lecturer division 2, 1991).

Member Psychonomic Society, Albuquerque Tennis Club, Twenty-One Club, Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Florence Pettyjohn, August 24, 1957. Children: Joan, Diane Elizabeth, John Weldon.

Father:

Henry Alford Ellis

Mother:

Frances Lee (Mays) Ellis

Spouse:

Florence Pettyjohn

child:

Joan Ellis

child:

Diane Elizabeth Ellis

child:

John Weldon Ellis