Norman Abeles (born April 15, 1928) is an Austrian-born psychologist. He is a university professor and a former president of the

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Biography

Abeles was born in 1928 in

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, Austria. He earned an undergraduate degree from

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and a PhD from

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. He was the 1997 president of the

(APA). Abeles is an emeritus professor of psychology at Michigan State University (MSU).Faculty: Norman Abeles
Michigan State University. Retrieved March 2, 2014. He is the former director of MSU's psychological clinic. Much of Abeles's work has centered on aging. He is on the editorial board of ''Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias''. Abeles has been named a fellow of several APA divisions and was named to the APA Council of Representatives for the period between 2012 and 2014. While the president of the APA, he helped to form the organization's Office of Aging in 1997. He has participated twice in the

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that is held every ten years.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abeles, Norman Living people 1928 births Presidents of the American Psychological Association New York University alumni University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni Michigan State University faculty Austrian emigrants to the United States