Richard Leon Knowdell

Background

Knowdell, Richard Leon was born on November 12, 1934 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Stuart Vincent and Isabelle (Young) Knowdell.

Education

Associate of Arts, San Jose (California) City College, 1967; Bachelor in Behavioral Sciences, San Jose State University, 1969; Master of Science in Psychology, San Jose State University, 1971.

Career

Guidance consultant, Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose, 1971-1972; consultant, Ednl. Factors Inc., San Jose, 1972-1974; private practice career consultant, San Jose, 1974-1975; chief counselor, Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, 1975-1980; senior consultant, Career Research & Testing, Inc., San Jose, 1980-1983; employee development manager, Racal-Vadic, Milpitas, California, 1983-1985; vice president, K-M-H, Inc. Outplacement, San Jose, 1985-1987; president, career research and testing, K-M-H, Inc.

Outplacement, San Jose, since 1987. Visiting professor John F Kennedy University, Orinda, California, 1980-1982. Instructor San Jose State University, since 1982, Chapman College, Orange, California, 1988, University of California San Diego, since 1992.

Achievements

• Richard Leon Knowdell has been listed as a notable development consultant, researcher, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Outplacement Counseling

    (This monographs discusses outplacement counseling (the pr...)

  • Personal Counseling: Helping Others Help Themselves (A Fifty Minute Series Book)

    (In this book, exercises and case studies teach the basic ...)

Membership

Sergeant United States Air Force, 1952-1956. Member National Career Development Association (trustee 1983-1984), Career Planning and Development Network (board directors, editor since 1979), California Career Development Association (president 1984).

Connections

Father:

Stuart Vincent Knowdell

Mother:

Isabelle (Young) Knowdell