Lorrin Andrews Andrews RIGGS

Background

Riggs, Lorrin Andrews was born on June 11, 1912 in Harput, Turkey. Parents American citizens. Son of Ernest Wilson and Alice (Shepard) Riggs.

Education

AB, Dartmouth College, 1933. Master of Arts, Clark University, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Clark University, 1936.

Doctor of Science, Brown University, 2001.

Career

Fellow, Biological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania 1936-1937. Instructor University of Vermont 1937-1938, 1939-1941. With Brown University 1938-1939, since 1941, Research Association, Research Psychologist National Defence Research Committee, Assistant Professor, Association Professor 1938-1951, Professor, of Psychology since 1951.

L. Herbert Ballou Foundation Professor, of Psychology 1960-1968, Edgar J. Marston University Professor, of Psychology 1968-1977, Professor Emeritus since 1977.

Guggenheim Fellow, University of Cambridge 1971-1972. President 1962-1963), Eastern Psychological Association (President 1975-1976), American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chair, and Vice-President Section 1 1964), Optical Society of America, North.A.S., American Physiological Society, Institute Brain Research Organization, Society for Neuroscience, Society of Experimental Psychologists, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (President 1977).

Howard Crosby Warren. Fellow, American Psychological Society 1989.

Achievements

• Lorrin Andrews Riggs has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman, vice president section 1 1964), American Psychological Association (division president 1962-1963, Distinguished Science Contn. award 1974), Eastern Psychological Association (president 1975-1976), Optical Society of America (Tillyer medal 1969, Ives medal 1982), National Academy of Sciences, American Physiological Society, International Brain Research Organization, Society for Neurosci., Society Experimental Psychologists (Howard Crosby Warren medal 1957), Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (president 1977, Friedenwald award 1966), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Psychological Society (William James fellow 1989), Sigma Xi (chapter president 1962-1964).

Connections

Married Doris Robinson, 1937 (deceased). Children: Douglas Rikert, Dwight Alan. Married Caroline Cressman, 1994.

Father:

Ernest Wilson Riggs

Mother:

Alice (Shepard) Riggs

Spouse:

Caroline Cressman

Spouse:

Doris Robinson

child:

Douglas Rikert Riggs

child:

Dwight Alan Riggs