Background
Kucera, Henry was born on February 15, 1925 in Trebarov, Czechoslovakia. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1953. Son of Jindrich and Marie (Kral) Kucera.
Kucera, Henry was born on February 15, 1925 in Trebarov, Czechoslovakia. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1953. Son of Jindrich and Marie (Kral) Kucera.
Master of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1952.
Master of Arts ad eundem, Brown University, 1958. Doctor of Science (honorary), Bucknell University, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Masaryk University, Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1990.
Assistant professor foreign languages, U. Florida, 1952-1955;
member of faculty, Brown U., since 1955;
professor Slavic languages and linguistics, Brown U., since 1963;
professor cognitive science, Brown U., 1981-1990;
Fred M. Seed professor linguistics and cognitive science, Brown U., since 1982;
department chairman Slavic languages, Brown U., 1965-1968;
head resident fellow of the College, Brown U., 1956-1966;
member, Center for Cognitive Science, 1977-1985;
Executive Committee, Center for Cognitive Science, 1980-1986;
member, Center for Neural Studies, 1973-1990;
Executive Committee, Center for Neural Studies, 1977-1990;
director Institute for Cognitive and Neural Research, 1981-1988. Fellow Russian Research Center, Harvard University, 1952, 79-87, research associate Slavic department, 1977-1979. Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960-1963.
Visiting professor University of Michigan, 1967, University of California at Berkeley, 1969. Visiting scholar U. Vienna, 1968-1969. President Language Software Systems, Inc., since 1982.
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Board of directors International Institute Providence, 1960-1967. Board administration Howard Foundation, 1977-1995. Member Rhode Island Committee for Humanities, 1986-1990.
Honorary fellow Linguistic Society of Czech Academy Sciences. Member Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society American, Association Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Science Society, Czechoslovak Society Arts and Sciences in American (vice president 1980-1982), American Association Teacher.Slavic and Eastern European Langs., Prague Linguistic Circle (honorary), PhiBeta Kappa.
Married Jacqueline M. Fortin, October 6, 1951. Children: Thomas Henry, Edward James.