Gerald "Jerry" McClearn (July 28, 1927 – January 5, 2017) was an American behavior geneticist and professor emeritus of health and human development and biobehavioral health at the Pennsylvania State University.[1]
Gerald E. McClearn | |
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 Receiving honorary degree in 2002 | |
| Born | Gerald Eugene McClearn July 28, 1927 |
| Died | January 5, 2017 (aged 89) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin Allegheny College |
| Known for | Cognitive aging, behavioral genetics, gerontology |
| Awards | Dobzhansky Award (1989), Robert W. Kleemeier Award from the Gerontological Society of America (2009), Fondation IPSEN Longevity Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology Behavioral genetics Gerontological genetics |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Thesis | An analysis of differentiation learning by monkeys (1954) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harry Harlow |
| Notable students | Nancy Pedersen |
| Website | bbh |
Education
editMcClearn received his undergraduate degree from Allegheny College and took his Ph.D. in psychology at University of Wisconsin. After two year-long spells as instructor at Yale University, and then assistant professor of psychology at Allegheny College, he took up postdoctoral positions at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and University College London.[2]
Career
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McClearn was on staff at the Department of Psychology at University of California, Berkeley from 1956 to 1965. He then joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at University of Colorado Boulder, as an associate professor. Promoted to full professor, he remained at Boulder until 1981.
Early on at Colorado, McClearn planned to form a research institute dedicated to research and teaching in behavioral genetics; he subsequently founded the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1966, and was an early member of the Behavior Genetics Association, becoming one of its first presidents in 1974.[3][4]
He was the recipient of the Dobzhansky Award in 1989, the Robert W. Kleemeier Award from the Gerontological Society of America (2009) "in recognition for outstanding research in the field of gerontology”,[5] and the Fondation Ipsen's Longevity Prize.[6]
Selected works
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edit- Gerald E. McClearn; John C. DeFries (1973). Introduction to Behavioral Genetics. San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 978-0-7167-0835-3.
- Robert Plomin; John C. DeFries; Gerald E. McClearn (1980). Behavioral Genetics: A Primer. San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman and Company.
- Robert Plomin; Gerald E. McClearn, eds. (1993). Nature, Nurture, and Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
References
edit- ^ "Gerald McClearn to Retire After 30 Years in HHD". news.psu.edu. The Pennsylvania State University. October 24, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ "Gerald E. McClearn 1927–2017: A Founding Father of Behavioral Genetics". Behavior Genetics. 47 (3): 263–264. 2017-05-01. doi:10.1007/s10519-017-9846-2. ISSN 0001-8244. PMID 28352972.
- ^ Vogler, George P. (2010). "Gerald E. McClearn: Complexity in Behavior Genetics". Behavior Genetics. 40 (6): 735–736. doi:10.1007/s10519-010-9411-8. ISSN 0001-8244. PMID 21046217.
- ^ "Historical table of BGA Meetings". bga.org. Behavior Genetics Association. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ "McClearn wins GSA's 2009 Robert W. Kleemeier Award". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "Longévité". Fondation Ipsen. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
External links
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