Background
Luce, Robert Duncan was born on May 16, 1925 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Rennselaer and Ruth Lillian (Downer) Luce.
Luce, Robert Duncan was born on May 16, 1925 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Rennselaer and Ruth Lillian (Downer) Luce.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945;Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950;Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1976.
Member of staff research lab electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950-1953;assistant professor, Columbia University, 1953-1957;lecturer social relations, Harvard University, 1957-1959;professor psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1959-1969;visiting professor, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1969-1972;professor, School Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, 1972-1975;Alfred North Whitehead professor psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1981;professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1983;Victor S. Thomas professor psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1988;Victor S. Thomas professor emeritus, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988;chairman, Harvard University, 1988-1994;distinguished professor cognitive science, University of California, Irvine, 1988-1994;director Irvine Research Unit in mathematics behavioral science, University of California, Irvine, 1988-1992;distinguished research professor cognitive science and research professor economics, University of California, Irvine, since 1994;director, Institute for Mathematics Behavioral Science, 1992-1998. Chairman assembly behavioral and social science National Research Council, 1976-1979.
Games and Decisions (with H. Raffa), Individual Choice Behavior, Handbook of Mathematical Psychology (Jt. Editor), Contemporary Developments in Mathematical Psychology (Jt. Editor), Foundations of Measurement Vols.
I, II, III (with D. H. Krantz, P. Suppes and A. Tversky) 1971-1990, Response Times, Stevens’ Handbook of Experimental Psychology (Jt. Editor) and over 150 articles in scientific journals.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chair elect psychology section since 1998, chair, 1999), APA (distinguished science contribution award 1970, board science affairs 1993-1995), American Psychological Society (board directors 1989-1991). Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, National Academy Sciences (chairman of the section psychology 1980-1983, class behavioral and social science 1983-1986), American Mathematics Society, Mathematics association American, Federation Behavioral Psychological and Cognitive Sciences (president 1988-1990), Psychometric Society (president 1976-1977), Psychonomic Society, Society Mathematics Psychology (president 1979), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Gay Gaer, June 6, 1950 (divorced). Married Cynthia Newby, October 5, 1968 (divorced). Married Carolyn A. Scheer, February 27, 1988.
1 child, Aurora Newby.