"Bud Hergenhahn was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1934. After attending Chicago public schools, he served for two years in the United States Army. In 1955, after working as a Forest Ranger at Mt. Saint Helens and serving in the Korean War, he enrolled at Western Washington University and graduated in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. He earned his Masters from The University of Arizona in 1965, and his Doctorate the very next year. Dr. Hergenhahn spent his thirty-year career at Hamline University in St. Paul Minnesota. His career was peppered with accomplishments and acknowledgements surrounding his cutting edge teaching techniques. He was chairman of the psychology department when he retired in 1996 to focus solely on his writing. His books include Theories of Learning, Theories of Personality, and A History of Psychology."
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Obituary in Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), September 2007.
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Baldwin R. Hergenhahn
Baldwin Ross (Bud) Hergenhahn (July 21, 1934 – September 9, 2007) was an American psychologist, historian and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Psychology at , known for his work on the history of psychology.
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