C. Edmund Burgess—a brief biography

Aviezri Fraenkel: A Brief Biography

Aviezri was born in 1929 in Munich, Germany, to Joel (Eugen) and Esther (Estella) Fraenkel. Foreseeing dark clouds forming over Germany, the family—parents, two sisters, and 3 year old Aviezri—left Germany. They lived in Basel, Switzerland, for a few years. There Aviezri had his first two and a half years of schooling. In early 1939 the family came to live in Jerusalem, Israel. When Aviezri gra...

Dr. John Gilmore Brief Biography

Living in poverty places children at very high risk for problems across a variety of domains, including schooling, behavioral regulation, and health. Aspects of cognitive functioning, such as information processing, may underlie these kinds of problems. How might poverty affect the brain functions underlying these cognitive processes? Here, we address this question by observing and analyzing re...

Sleeter Bull, 1887-1968: a brief biography.

A brief scientific biography of Robin Milner

Robin Milner was born in 1934 to John Theodore Milner and Muriel Emily Milner. His father was an infantry officer and at one time commanded the Worcestershire Regiment. During the second world war the family led a nomadic existence in Scotland and Wales while his father was posted to different parts of the British Isles. In 1942 Robin went to Selwyn House, a boarding Preparatory School which is...

Glenn Wade Salisbury, 1910-1994: a brief biography.

On June 2, 1910, on a farm in the town of Sheffield (Ashtabula County), Ohio, was born Glenn Wade Salisbury, destined to become a superb scientist, an outstanding teacher, and an agricultural leader for the ages. After matriculating through the public school system in Columbus, Ohio, he graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1931. In three years he completed w...