Background
Voss, James Frederick was born on December 5, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Leo Carl and Lydia (Isreal) Voss.
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James Frederick Voss
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Bachelor of Arts, Valparaiso (Indiana) U., 1952; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1956.
Career
Instructor, assistant professor, Wisconsin State College, Eau Claire, 1956-1958;
assistant professor, associate professor, College of Wooster, Ohio., 1958-1963;
associate professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1963-1966;
professor, U. Pittsburgh, since 1966;
department chairman psychology, U. Pittsburgh, 1968-1970;
associate director Learning Research and Development Center, U. Pittsburgh, 1985-1992;
principal investigator, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, 1956-1958, 59-70. Fulbright Distinguished professor, lecturer, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1979. National Science Foundation fellow Indiana U., 1960.
Visiting professor University of Wisconsin, 1964. Visiting professor, National Institute of Mental Health special fellow University of California, Irvine, since 1970. Visiting professor Mershon Center, Ohio State University, 1989.
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Fellow American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Midwestern, Eastern psychological associations, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Science, Psychonomic Society (secretary-treasurer 1978-1980), American Diabetes Association (chairman board Western Pennsylvania affiliate 1974-1977, 173-75), International Society Political Psychology, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Marilyn Lydia Timm, June 20, 1953 (deceased October 1982). Children: Barbara Lynn, Katherine Ann, Mark Frederick, Carol Jean, David James. Married Deborah Jane Steinbach, October 8, 1988 (divorced 1997).
1 child, Regina Lynn.
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American