Background
Shafer, Vernon William was born on July 28, 1924 in Tacoma. Son of William Joseph and Hazel Esther (Olsen) Shafer.
Shafer, Vernon William was born on July 28, 1924 in Tacoma. Son of William Joseph and Hazel Esther (Olsen) Shafer.
BTh, Walla Walla College, 1949. Master of Science in Education and Counseling, University Southern California, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Ohio State University, 1958.
Psychology intern Chillicothe Veterans Administration Hospital, Ohio, 1957—1958. Staff psychologist Harding Hospital, Worthington, 1959—1963, director personnel training, 1959—1963, assistant to director medical education & research, 1962—1963. Coordinator mental health services & administrator mental health unit Glendale Adventist Medical Center, California, 1963—1969, director mental health outpatient services, 1967—1969.
Psychologist Glendale, 1963—1973, College Place, Washington, since 1973. Clinical supervisor Graduate School Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, 1963—1973. Assistant professor department psychology Loma Linda University, Riverside, 1969—1971, assistant clinical professor department family practice School Medicine, 1972—1979.
Consultant; lecr. Walla Walla College, College Place, since 1973, co-principal investigator reading disability study research team, since 1981, member, project steering committee, since 1983. Member approach psychology committee General Conference Seventh-day Adventists. Vice chairman board Walla Walla Valley Academy, College Place, since 1981.
Member board Life Video Gospel Association, College Place, since 1981. Member K-12 board education Upper Columbia Conference Seventh-day Adventists, Spokane, Washington, since 1983. Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946, PTO.
Member of American Psychological Association, Association Adventist Behavioral Scientists, Washington State Psychological Association, National Council Family Relations, Institutes Religion & Health, Los Angeles County Society Clinical Psychologists, Los Angeles County Psychological Association, California Psychological Association.
Married Alice Louise Russell Shafer, May 29, 1946. Children: Larry, Kenneth, Teresa.