Background
Canter, Ralph Raymond was born on April 9, 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Ralph Raymond and Rose Etta (Durham) Canter.
Psychology educator research director
Canter, Ralph Raymond was born on April 9, 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Ralph Raymond and Rose Etta (Durham) Canter.
Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1943; Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1949; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961.
Assistant professor psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1949-1955; associate scientist, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1956-1958; assistant to president, System Development Corporation, 1958-1960; director personnel, System Development Corporation, 1960-1964; director Washington corporation office, System Development Corporation, 1964-1968; director manpower research, Office Secretary of Defense, Washington, 1968-1974; chief manpower and personnel research, Army Research Institute, Alexandria, Virginia, 1974-1979; chief, Army Research Institute Science Office, Fort Harrison, Indiana, 1979-1983; Adjunct Professor psychology, Purdue University School Science, Indianapolis, 1982-1985; consultant industrial/organizational psychology, since 1983.
Served to lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946. Fellow American Psychological Association, Society Industrial Organizational Psychologists. Member Human Factors Society, Society Retired Executives, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Marjorie Louise Streed, May 3, 1923. Children— James R., Philip C.