Background
Bersh, Philip Joseph was born on September 9, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael and Sophie (Faggen) Bersh.
Bersh, Philip Joseph was born on September 9, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael and Sophie (Faggen) Bersh.
AB, Temple University, 1944. AM, Columbia University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1949.
Lecturer, Columbia University, 1948-1954; research associate, Columbia University, 1951-1954; lecturer, University of Wisconsin, 1951; chief intelligence and electronic warfare branch, Rome Air Development Center, New York, 1954-1962; lecturer, Utica College, Syracuse University, New York, 1958-1960; lecturer, Hamilton College, 1961-1962; chief combat systems division, United States Army Behavioral Science Research Laboratory, Washington, 1962-1967; associate director human performance experimentation, United States Army Behavioral Science Research Laboratory, Washington, 1966-1967; lecturer, George Washington University, 1966-1967; professor psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, since 1967. Visiting professor department psychology Institute Psychiatry U. London, 1979. Consultant United States Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Society, Association Behavior Analysis. Member Psychonomic Society, Center for Behavioral Studies, Eastern Psychological Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Jacqueline Edith Fratkin, June 8, 1952. Children: Lauren Helene, Marilyn Ellen.