Background
Trost, Jan Eugen was born on November 19, 1935 in Gävle, Sweden. Son of Eugen and Ruth H. (Peterson) Trost.
Trost, Jan Eugen was born on November 19, 1935 in Gävle, Sweden. Son of Eugen and Ruth H. (Peterson) Trost.
Graduate, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1958. Postgraduate in Philosophy, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1966.
Assistant professor, Uppsala U., Uppsala, 1962-1968;
associate professor, Uppsala U., Uppsala, 1968-1972;
professor, Uppsala U., Uppsala, since 1972. Visiting professor University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1972, 84, U. Leuven, Belgium, 1975, 86. Visiting distinguished professor of University North Carolina, Greensboro, 1983-1984.
Visiting scholar Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana, 1985.
Colonel Lieutenant Swedish Army, 1975-1985. Fellow Rotary International.
Married Anne-Christine Backman, November 15, 1958 (divorced 1983). Spouse: Irene J. Raskow, since 1987. Children: Hedvig, Johanna, Maria.