Robert E. Ornstein

Robert Evan Ornstein
Born(1942-08-21)August 21, 1942
Brooklyn, New York[1]
DiedDecember 20, 2018(2018-12-20) (aged 76)[2][3]
Pen nameRobert E. Ornstein, Robert Ornstein
OccupationPsychologist, researcher and author
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationBA in psychology, City University of New York's Queens College; PhD, Stanford University
Alma materQueens College, City University of New York, USA
GenrePsychology
SubjectScientific research into the mind, consciousness, split-brain; wisdom traditions such as Sufism
SpouseSally Mallam[3]

Robert Evan Ornstein (August 21, 1942 – December 20, 2018)[2][3][4] was an American psychologist, researcher and author.

He taught at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, based at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, and was professor at Stanford University[5] and founder and chairman of the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK).

  1. ^ Staff (8 July 1974). "Behavior: Hemispherical Thinker". Time. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-08. On page 2, the Time article gives the place of birth as Brooklyn, New York.
  2. ^ a b Staff (27 January 2019). "Robert Ornstein". SFGate via Legacy.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019. Obituary states "Robert E. Ornstein: August 21, 1942 – December 20, 2018".
  3. ^ a b c Shah, Tahir (29 December 2018). "Remembering Robert Ornstein". The Idries Shah Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ^ Staff. "Ornstein, Robert E. (Robert Evan) (1942–)". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-08. The web page gives the birth year as 1942.
  5. ^ Lingeman, Richard R. (10 November 1976). "Psychologist Sheds a Mystical Light on Technology". The Dispatch. Lexington, North Carolina, USA. p. 10. Retrieved 2010-02-08.