Background
Draguns, Juris G. was born on April 8, 1932 in Riga, Latvia. Arrived in United States, 1950. Son of Juris Karlis Draguns and Sophie Makarovs.
Draguns, Juris G. was born on April 8, 1932 in Riga, Latvia. Arrived in United States, 1950. Son of Juris Karlis Draguns and Sophie Makarovs.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Utica College of Syracuse University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in clinical psychology, University Rochester, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Latvia, Latvia, 2003.
Clinical psychologist Rochester State Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1958—1962. Principal psychologist Worcester State Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1963—1967. Associate professor to professor to emeritus Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, since 1967.
Visiting professor Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, 1973—1976, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia, 1986. Visiting scholar National Taiwan University, Taipei, China, 1986. Visiting professor University Latvia, Riga, Latvia, 1997.
Senior teaching fellow East-West Center, Honolulu, 1987. Master lecturer social science University of the American in Puebla, Cholula, Mexico, 2000.
Fellow: Society for Cross-Cultural Research, American Psychological Association. Member: World Psychiatric Society, Transcultural Studies Section.
Married Marie Gubaroff, August 12, 1956. Children: Julie, George.