Richard M. Suinn (born May 8, 1933) is an American psychologist, a past president of the

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(APA) and a former mayor of

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Biography

Suinn earned an undergraduate degree from

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and a PhD in counseling psychology from

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. He served on the city council of

, then he became the city's mayor. He was APA president in 1999. He was the first Asian-American president of the APA. Suinn was also one of the founding members of the Asian American Psychological Association.Richard Suinn bio
APA.org.

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