Background
Kryter, Karl David was born on October 13, 1914 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of George David and Mary Matilda (Christoph) Kryter.
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Kryter, Karl David was born on October 13, 1914 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of George David and Mary Matilda (Christoph) Kryter.
Bachelor of Arts, Butler U., 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1942.
Research teacher fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942-1946;
assistant professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1946-1948;
director human resources research laboratories, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, 1948-1957;
head department psychoacoustics, Bolt Beranek & Newman, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1965;
director, Sensory Sciences Research Center, Menlo Park, California, 1965-1976;
staff scientist, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, 1976-1985. Adjunct Professor San Diego State University, since 1990. Chairman of the Board Acousis Company, Santa Barbara, California.
Teacher Colby College, 1960-1963, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958-1959. Adviser United States.Pres.' General’ s Office for Science and Technology, 1968-1970. Member Special Security Team environmental study committee Department Interior, 1969.
Past chairman county committee hearing and bioacoustics NAS-National Research Council, 1960.
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Fellow American Psychological Association (council representatives 1966-1969), Society Engineering Psychologists (president 1965, Franklin V. Taylor award), Acoustical Society of America (council, president 1972).
Married Grace Irene Brown, June 21, 1946. Children: Dianne, Victoria (Mistress Myron I. Liebhaber), Kathryn (Mistress Richard A. Rendon).