Background
Russell, Roger Wolcott was born on August 30, 1914 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard Walker and Sadie (Stanhope) Russell.
educator researcher psychobiologist
Russell, Roger Wolcott was born on August 30, 1914 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard Walker and Sadie (Stanhope) Russell.
Bachelor, Clark University, 1935. Master of Arts, Clark University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 1939.
Doctor of Science, University London, 1954. Doctor of Science (honorary), Newcastle, 1978. Doctor of Science (honorary), Flinders, 1979.
Instructor psychology, U. Nebraska, 1939-1941;
instructor psychology, Michigan State College, 1941;
research psychologist, United States Air Force School Aviation Medicine, 1941-1942;
from assistant professor to associate professor psychology, U. Pittsburgh, 1946-1949;
research fellow neurophysiology, Western Psychiatric Institute, 1947-1949;
Fulbright advanced research scholar, director animal research laboratory, Institute Psychiatric, U. London, 1949-1950;
professor psychology, head department psychology, U. College, London, 1950-1957;
from professor, department chairman psychology to dean advanced studies, Indiana U., 1959-1967;
vice chancellor academic affairs, professor psychol-biology, clinical pharmacology, therapeutics, University of California, Irvine, 1967-1972;
vice chancellor, professor psychobiology, Flinders University of Southern Australia, 1972-1979;
professor emeritus, University of California, Irvine, since 1990;
research psychobiologist School Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, since 1990;
Lifetime Distinguished Fellow, Center Neurobiol. Learning Memory, since 1994. Visiting professor department psychology U. Reading, 1977, U. Stockholm, 1977.
Fulbright professor of University Sydney, 1965-1966. Visiting professor pharmacology School Medicine Brain Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, 1976-1977, 80-90. Visiting Erskine fellow U. Canterbury, New Zealand, 1966.
Secretary general International Union of Psychological Science, 1960-1966, vice president 1966-1969, president 1969-1972, executive committee 1972-1980. Member Army Science advisory panel, 1958-1966. Active National Research Council, 1958-1961, 63-65, 67-71.
Member advisory committee psychopharm. United States Public Health Service, 1957-1963, 67-70, 81-85. Active Commonwealth Education Research and Development committee, 1974-1979.
Board directors Australian-American Education Foundation, 1972-1979. With United States Air Force, 1942-1946. Member American Psychological Association (Chief Executive Officer 1956-1959, board directors 1963-1965, president division 1 1968-1969).
Married Kathleen Sherman Fortescue, 1945. 2 children.