Slater Edmund Newman

Background

Newman, Slater Edmund was born on September 8, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Max and Gertrude (Raphael) Newman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1947. Master of Arts, Boston University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1951.

Career

Research psychologist United States Air Force, 1951-1957. Member faculty North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1957—2003, professor emeritus psychology, since 2003. Visiting foreign member Experimental Psychology Society United Kingdom, 1973-1974, 82-83, 90.

Served with United States Army Air Corps, 1943-1946, Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1953.

Achievements

• Slater Edmund Newman has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors American Civil Liberties Union, 1992—1997, member biennial conference committee, 1994—1997, member task force international human rights, 1994—2005, member special nominating committee, 1996, member constitution committee, 1996—1997, member youth affairs committee, 1997, member national advisory council, since 1998. Organizing committee North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, 1965, president, 1980—1982, executive committee, 1986—1987, board directors, 1969—1973, 1976—1982, 1984—1990, 1992—1997. Chair Committee on International Human Rights, since 1988.

Chair founding committee Wake County chapter American Civil Liberties Union, 1969, president, 1969—1972, 1984—1986, board directors, 1969—1973, 1976—1982, 1984—1990, life member, since 2002. Founding member North Carolinians Against the Death Penalty, 1967, board governors, 1967—1973. Member Mayor's Committee United Nations Week, Raleigh, 1986—1995.

Active Amnesty International, since 1984. Co-founder, member steering committee North Carolinians Against Apartheid, 1985—1987. Member Wake County Committee Bicentennial United States Constitution, 1987—1989.

Co-founder, co-chair North Carolina Committee for Celebration of Human Rights, 1989—1997. Member Human Rights Week Committee, North Carolina State University, 1993—1999, founder, 1993, chair, 1993—1996. Co-founder Human Rights Coalition North Carolina, since 1997, co-chair, since 1997.

Co-founder North Carolinians for Ratification, Convention on Elimination, Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1997. Chair North Carolinians for Ratification, 1998—2009. Member board advisory Womens North Carolina, since 2010.

Member civil rights advisory board North Carolina Museum History, 2001—2005, advisory board member, Women North Carolina, since 2009. Fellow: American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association for Psychological Science. Member: American Association of University Professors (president North Carolina State University chapter 1968-1969), Carolinas Conference for Undergraduate Research in Psychology (co-founder 1976), Eastern Psychological Association, North Carolina Cognition Group (founder 1972), Southeast Psychological Association (executive committee 2001-2007, secretary-treasurer 2004-2007), Southeast Workers in Memory (founder 1969), Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology, Psychonomic Society, United Nations Association (board directors Wake County chapter 1991-1995), Psi Chi (vice president southea. region 1990-1994, national council 1990-1994, national president-elect 1996-1997, national council 1996-1999, national president 1997-1998, national past president 1998-1999), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Corrine Lois Silfen, June 18, 1950 (divorced 1968). Children— Kurt Douglas, Jonathan Mark, Eric Bruce. Married Patricia Ellen Christopher Thomas, July 2, 1969.

1 stepchild, Arthur C. Thomas III.

Father:

Max Newman

Mother:

Gertrude (Raphael) Newman

Spouse:

Patricia Ellen Christopher Thomas

Spouse:

Corrine Lois Silfen

child:

Eric Bruce Newman

child:

Jonathan Mark Newman

child:

Kurt Douglas Newman