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Jun 07, 1918 Saint Petersburg Died on 22 Apr 2004 (aged 85)
American psychology professor
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About Leo Postman
- Leo Joseph Postman (June 7, 1918 – April 22, 2004) was a Russian-born American psychologist known for his research on human memory.
- He taught at the University of California, Berkeley from 1950 to his retirement in 1987.
- In 1961, he founded Berkeley's Institute of Human Learning, which later became the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences.
- He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Psychological Association, as well as the president of the Western Psychological Association in 1968.
- In 1974, he was awarded the Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
- He died of heart failure at his home in Marblehead, Massachusetts on April 22, 2004.
- His 2005 obituary in American Psychologist described him as "one of the most prolific psychologists of the last century".
