Robert John Willis

Background

Willis, Robert John was born on April 28, 1935 in Yakima, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Robert John Senior and Winifred Mae (Hermsen) Willis.

Education

Bachelor in Liberal Arts, Gonzaga U., 1959; Master of Arts in Philosophy, Gonzaga U., 1960; Master of Sacred Theology, Santa Clara (California) U., 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership and Human Behavior, United States International U., 1972.

Career

Staff counselor, Center for Studies of the Person, La Jolla, California, 1968-1972; assistant professor, La Salle College, Philadelphia, 1972-1973; director counseling center, assistant professor, Rider College, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 1973-1977; private practice, Kingston, New Jersey, 1977-1987; clinical director, Pastoral Counseling Center of West Hartford, Connecticut, 1987-1991; executive director pastoral counseling, Center West Hartford, Connecticut, since 1991. Director Counseling Institute, St. Joseph College, West Hartford, 1989-1990.

Achievements

• Robert John Willis has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

District directors, state board directors New Jersey Common Cause, New Brunswick, 1974-1976. Board directors Center New Jersey Health Planning Council, Lawrenceville, 1976-1977,Board of Psychological Examiners, Newark, 1981-1985, Mercy Center at Madison, Connecticut, 1988-1994. Member American Academy Psychotherapists, Association for Humanistic Psychology, Am.Assn.

Pastoral Counselors (affiliate), Association for Transpersonal Psychology.

Interests

• Avocations: writing, carpentry, travel, reading.

Connections

Married Patricia ReardonCannon, July 4, 1972.

Father:

Robert John Senior Willis

Mother:

Winifred Mae (Hermsen) Willis

Spouse:

Patricia ReardonCannon