Background
Garcia, John was born on June 12, 1917 in Santa Rosa, California, United States.
Garcia, John was born on June 12, 1917 in Santa Rosa, California, United States.
Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1948; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
Teaching assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1949-1951; psychologist, United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, 1951-1958; teacher biological science, Oakland (California) Public Schools, 1958-1959; assistant professor psychology, California State College, Long Beach, 1959-1965; associate biologist, neurosurgery service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1965-1968; professor psychology, chairman psychobiology program, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1968-1971; department chairman, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1971-1972; professor, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1972-1973; professor psychology and psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, 1973-1987; emeritus professor psychology and psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1987.
Fellow Society Experimental Psychologists (Howard Crosby Warren medal 1978). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association (Distinguished Science Contribution award 1979), National Academy of Sciences, American Psychological Society (William James fellow), New York Academy of Sciences, Western Psychological Association (president since 1991), Phi BEta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married; 3 children.