Background
Kurke, Martin Ira was born on January 9, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of Jacob William and Miriam (Vexler) Kurke.
Kurke, Martin Ira was born on January 9, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of Jacob William and Miriam (Vexler) Kurke.
Bachelor, New York University, 1949. Master of Arts, University of Buffalo, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, American University, 1963.
Bachelor of Laws, LaSalle Extension University, Chicago, 1974.
Engineering psychologist, operations research analyst, Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York, 1952-1954; research psychologist, United States Army Human Engineering Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1954-1957; senior human factors psychologist, Dunlap & Associations, Washington, 1957-1961; senior operations research analyst, principal staff scientist, Technology Operations, Inc., various cities, Virginia, 1961-1968; senior research associate, Human Sciences Research, Inc., McLean, Virginia, 1968-1969; director research, Aries Corporation, McLean, 1969-1970; research, later chief psychologist, chief drug control division, Bureau Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Washington, 1970-1973; science officer Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1983-1985; chief special studies, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, 1973-1978; assistant to personnel director, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, 1980-1983; executive assistant Office Information Systems, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, 1985-1988; operations research analyst, Drug Enforcement Administration, Lorton, Virginia, 1988-1994. Visiting professor psychology George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1979-1980, Adjunct Professor, 1980-1988, research Adjunct Professor, since 1993. Consultant on industrial and organizational psychology and forensic human factors to various organizations and firms, since 1964.
Member Fairfax County Democratic Committee, 1966-1970. Board directors Koinonia Foundation, Springfield, Virginia, 1967-1968, Pinewood Lake Homeowners Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1980-1985. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, American Psychology and Law Society, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Society Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychologists, American Academy Forensic Psychology, Psychologists in Public Service (president CJ section 1984, Distinguished Service award 1991), Consultant Psychologists. Member Society Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Society Police and Criminal Psychology (diplomate), Virginia Psychological Association, Virginia Applied Psychology Academy, Sigma Xi, Psi Chi, also others.
Married Joy B. Edinger, August 26, 1951 (divorced December 1971). Children: Kathy Ann, David Son of. Married Patricia Lee Crutchfield, December 27, 1971.
Children: Harold T. Hedges Junior, Kathleen Youngblood, Leslie B. O'Shaughnessey.