Background
Ohala, John Jerome was born on July 19, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Stanley Andreas and Grace Marie (Mack) Ohala.
Ohala, John Jerome was born on July 19, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Stanley Andreas and Grace Marie (Mack) Ohala.
AB, U. Notre Dame, 1963; postgraduate, U. Iowa, 1963-1964; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Copenhagen, 1992.
Assistant professor department linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1972;
associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-1977;
professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1977. Visiting lektor Institute Phonetics, Copenhagen U., 1973. Visiting professor department linguistics University of California at Los Angeles, 1981.
Visiting professor department hearing and speech science U. Maryland., College Park, 1982. Visiting professor department linguistics U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1991-1992. President Permanent Council International Conference Spoken Language Processing, since 1992.
Chair International Confs. Spoken Language Processing, Banff, 1992. Member Permanent Council International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, since 1995.
Fellow Acoustical Society American. Member Linguistic Society American, New York Academy Sciences, International Phonetic Association (county since 1985, president since 1995), European Speech Comm. Association.
Married Manjari Agrawal, November 24, 1969.