Robert Allen Bjork

Background

Bjork, Robert Allen was born on January 30, 1939 in Hector, Minnesota, United States. Son of Oscar and Margaret Josephine (Bjornstad) Bjork.

Education

Student, St. Olaf College, 1957-1958; Bachelor in Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Stanford University, 1966.

Career

Predoctoral instructor, Stanford University, California, 1965-1966; assistant professor psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1966-1970; associate professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1970-1974; professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1974; professor department psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1974; visiting assistant professor, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1969-1970. Visiting scholar University of California San Diego, 1972-1973, Bell laboratories, 1977-1978, Dartmouth College, 1992-1993. Chair commission on techniques for the enhancement of human performance National Research Council, NAS, 1988-1993.

Consultant, lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Robert Allen Bjork has been listed as a noteworthy psychology educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair committee intercollegiate athletics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1991-1992. Fellow American Psychological Association, Society Experimental Psychologists (chair 1991). Member American Psychological Society, Psychonomic Society, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Ligon, September 13, 1969. Children: Olin, Eric.

Father:

Oscar Bjork

Mother:

Margaret Josephine (Bjornstad) Bjork

Spouse:

Elizabeth Ligon

child:

Eric Bjork

child:

Olin Bjork