Background
Swets, John Arthur was born on June 19, 1928 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of John A. and Sara Henrietta (Heyns) Swets.
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Psychology and the handicapped child
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Evaluation of Diagnostic Systems: Methods from Signal Detection Theory (Academic Press Series in Cognition and Perception) by John A. Swets Ronald M. Pickett (1982-05-01) Hardcover
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John Arthur Swets
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Bachelor, University Michigan, 1950. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1954.
Career
Instructor psychology University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1954—1956. Assistant professor psychology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1956—1960, associate professor psychology, 1960—1963. Vice president Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc., 1964—1969, senior vice president, 1969—1974, general manager research, development and consultant, director, 1971—1974.
Chief scientist Bolt, Beranek and Newman Technologies Laboratories, 1975—1998, chief scientist emeritus, since 1998. Senior research associate department radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital, since 1997. Lecturer department clinical epidemiology Harvard Medical School, 1985—1988, department health care policy, since 1988.
Member corporation Education Development Center, Newton, Massachusetts, 1971—1975. Regent's professor University California, 1969. Advisor vision committee, committee on hearing and bioacoustics NAS-National Research Council, 1960—1996.
Member Commission on Behavioral Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, 1988—1992, vice chair, 1992—1993, chairman, 1993—1996. Ex-officio member governing board National Research Council, 1994—1996, member various committees, since 1960.
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Psychology and the handicapped child
(This book was digitized and reprinted from the collection...)
- Evaluation of Diagnostic Systems: Methods from Signal Detection Theory (Academic Press Series in Cognition and Perception) by John A. Swets Ronald M. Pickett (1982-05-01) Hardcover
- Evaluation of Diagnostic Systems: Methods from Signal Detection Theory (Academic Press Series in Cognition and Perception)
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Psychology and the handicapped child
Membership
Member board directors German-American Research Council Foundation, 1999—2001. Member corporation Winchester Hospital, Massachusetts, 1981—1984. Fellow: American Psychological Association (Distinguished Science Contribution award 1990), American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1986-1989), American Psychological Society, Society Experimental Psychologists (chairman 1986, executive committee 1986-1989, Howard Crosby Warren medal 1985), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Acoustical Society of America (executive council 1968-1971).
Member: National Academy of Sciences (chairman, Troland award committee 1991, chair psychology section 1998—2001, nominating committee 2001), Society Mathematics Psychology, Psychometric Society, Psychonomic Society, Tequesta Country Club, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Xi.
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Married Maxine Ruth Crawford, July 16, 1949. Children: Stephen Arthur, Joel Brian.
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congregationalist