Leo Maurice Hurvich

Background

Hurvich, Leo Maurice was born on September 11, 1910 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Julius Solomon and Celia (Chikinsky) Hurvich.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1932. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1936.

Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1972. Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, 1989.

Career

Assistant department psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1936-1937; instructor psychology, Harvard University, 1937-1940; researcher, Graduate School Business Administration, Harvard University, Boston, 1940-1947; research psychologist, Eastman-Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1947-1957; professor psychology, chairman, Washington Square College, New York University, 1957-1962; professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1962-1979; professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1979; member Institute Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, since 1962; member Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, since 1990; visiting research professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1971-1972; visiting professor, Center Visual Science, U. Rochester, New York, 1974. Advisory member vision committee National Research Council-NAS, Washington. Member research advising committee Lighthouse.

Fellow Center Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1981-1982. Member visiting committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977-1983.

Achievements

• Leo Maurice Hurvich has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, researcher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The perception of brightness and darkness (Contemporary topics in experimental psychology)

    (Perception of Brightness and Darkness Contemporary Topics...)

  • Color vision

    (Book by Hurvich, Leo Maurice)

  • Colour Vision

Membership

Member National Research Council-NAS commission on United States currency study, 1984-1986. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Optical Society American (Edgar D. Tillyer medal 1982), New York Academy Sciences, American Psychological Association (Distinguished Science Contributor award 1972), American Psychological Society (William James Fellow, delegate Inter Society Color Council 1955-1982), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Eastern Psychological Association, National Academy Sciences, Psychonomic Society, Society Neurosci., International Brain Research Organisation, Inter-Society Color Council (I.H. Godlove award 1973), International Research Group in Color Vision Deficiencies, Association Research in Visionand Ophthalmology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Son of Julius Solomon and Celia (Chikinsky ) Hurvich. Married Dorothea Jameson, October 23, 1948 (deceased 1998).

Father:

Julius Solomon Hurvich

Mother:

Celia (Chikinsky) Hurvich

Spouse:

Dorothea Jameson