Background
Corrigan, Robert Emmett was born on September 25, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence Michael and Winifred (Gavin) Corrigan.
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Robert Emmett Corrigan
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Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, 1947; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Tulane University, 1954.
Career
Project director, American Institute Research, Pittsburgh, 1954-1956;
human factors specialist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, 1956-1958;
president, R.E. Corrigan & Associations, Garden Grove, California, 1958;
associate professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1958-1961;
professor department education, Orange State College, 1960-1963;
director programming services, National Education Sciences Corporation, Anaheim, California, 1963-1964;
vice president instructional materials division, Litton Industries, Anaheim, 1965-1968;
president, Chairman, Board Of Directors, Institute of Effective Learning, Inc., Garden Grove, California and New Orleans, 1968-1995. Department chairman instructional system technology for master's degree program, graduate department education Chapman College, Orange, 1965-1969. Developer plans and instructional materials Job Corps Camp Atterbury, Indianapolis, Systematic Approach for Effectiveness training programs, 1968-1995.
Installed Systematic Approach for Effectiveness Learner-Centered Management and Curriculum System in Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, Florida, 1969-1995, Moss Point (Mississippi) School System, 1982-1995, South Panola School System, Batesville, Mississippi, 1984-1995, schools in California, New Orleans, Texas, Iowa, 1989-1995. Lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, Tulane University. Consultant United States Air Force air training command headquarters Randolph Air Force Base, California Department Education, National Defense Education Administration.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman human factors subcommittee Governor's Industrial Safety Conference, 1959-1961. Director training Operation Partnership for Educational Progress (Preparing Educational Planners) program, California, 1965-1969. Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1941-1946.
European Theatre of Operations. Member National Society Programmed Instruction, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Betty Elise Odenwald, July 22, 1945. Children: Robert Emmett, Ward Lawrence, Gavin Joseph.
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February 9, 1995 (aged 74) -
Resting place
Interred Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Los Angeles -
Nationality
American -
Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Democrat