Rathe Stevens Karrer

Background

Karrer, Rathe Stevens was born on March 8, 1930 in Cleveland. Son of Enoch and Ethel (Walther) Karrer.

Education

Bachelor, Louisiana State University, 1953; Master of Arts, New School for Social Research, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research, 1966.

Career

Research psychologist, Training School at Vineland, New Jersey, 1960-1966; senior research scientist, Pediatric Institute, Chicago, 1966-1978; associate research director, Illinois Institute Development Disabilities, Chicago, 1979-1982; director behavioral science, Illinois Institute Development Disabilities, Chicago, 1982-1994; assistant professor department psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1967-1973; professor department psychology, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1975-1994; professor emeritus, University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1994; research professor, senior scientist Life Span Institute, U. Kansas, Kansas City, since 1994. Associate division psychology and psychiatry Northwestern University, Chicago, 1967-1985.

Achievements

• Rathe Stevens Karrer has been listed as a noteworthy Psychophysiologist, behavioral sciences educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, APA, Australian Psychological Society. Member Society Psychopysiol. Research, Society Neurosci., Society Research Child Development, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Nancy Donaldson, April 15, 1951 (divorced 1971). Children: Dana, Tana. Married Betty MacKune, August 15, 1971 (divorced 1991).

Married Jennifer West, November 30, 1991.

Father:

Enoch Karrer

Mother:

Ethel (Walther) Karrer

Spouse:

Betty MacKune

Spouse:

Jennifer West

Spouse:

Nancy Donaldson

child:

Dana Karrer

child:

Tana Karrer