Symposium on unidentified flying objects: hearings before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, second session, July 29, 1968.

AFTERNOON
SESSION
Mr.
Rou
-
sx.
The
committee
will
be
in
order.
This
afternoon
we
are
going
to
hear
first
from Dr.
Robert
L.
Hall.
Dr.
Hall
is
professor
and
head
of
the
Department
of
Sociology at
theUniversity
of
Illinois,
and
has
been
since
1965.
He
too
has
a
distinguished
career.
Dr.
Hall,
we
are
glad
to
welcome
you
as
a
participant
in
this
symposium, and
you
may
proceed.
(The
biography
of
Dr.
Hall
is
as follows:)
DR.
ROBERT
L.
HALL
Born
February
25, 1924,
at
Atlanta, Georgia.
Married;
3
children.
EDUCATION
Yale
University,
1941-42.
B.A.
1947.
University
of
Stockholm,
Sweden,
1947-48.University
of Minnesota,
1949-52.
M.A.,
1950.
Ph.D.,
1953.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1.
Instructor,
Extension
Division,
University
of
Stockholm,
Sweden,
1948.2.
Research
Assistant,
University of
Minnesota,
1950-52.
3.
Social
Psychologist in
the Air
Force
Personnel
&
Training
Research
Center,
1952-1957.
Engaged
in
research
on
performance
of
bomber
crews, the
role
of the
aircraft
commander, and
processes
of
evaluation
of small teams.
4. Assistant Professor
(1957-1960)
and
Associate
Professor
(1960-62) of
Soci-
ology.
Teaching
social
psychology,
especially
the
processes
of
mass
communication
and
opinion
change. Conducting
research
on
social
psychological
aspects of higher
education
and
effects
of
social
interaction
on
the learning
process.
5.
Program
Director
for
Sociology
and
Social
Psychology, National
Science
Foundation,
1962-1965.
Administered
a
program
of
research
grants
and
related
activities
to
strengthen Sociology
and
Social
Psychology
in
universities
in
the
United
States
and
to
bolster
understanding
in these
fields
through
basic
research.
6. Associate Professor of Sociology
and
Psychology (1965-66)
and
Professor
of
Sociology
and
Head
of the
Department
of
Sociolgy
(
since
1966),
University
of
Illinois
at Chicago
Circle.
PUBLICATIONS
A
number
of
articles
in
Sociological
and
Psychological journals
and
chaptersin professional
books.
A
few
selected publications
are
listed
below:
Social influence
on
the
Aircraft
Commander's
role,
"American
Sociological
Review"
1955, 20,292-299.Military Sociology,
1945-1955.
"Chapter
in Sociology in
the United
States
of
America,"
ed.
by
Hans
Zetterberg,
Paris:
UNESCO,
1966.
Group
performance under feedback that confounds
responses of
group
mem-
bers.
"Sociometry," 1957, 20, 297-305.
The
informal
control
of everyday
behavior.
Chapter
in "Controlling
Human
Behavior," ed.
by
Roy
Francis, Social Science
Research
Center, University
of
Minnesota;
1959.
Two
alternative learning in interdependent dyads. Chapter
12
in
"Mathematical
Methods
in
Small Group
Processes," ed.
by Joan
Criswell,
H.
Solomon,
and
P.
Suppes, Stanford Univ. Press: 1962.
The
educational influence
of dormitory roommates."Sociometry," 1963, 26,
294-
318
(
with
Ben
Willerman)
.
The
effects
of
different social
feedback conditions
upon performance in dyadic
teams. Chapter in
"Communication and
Culture," ed.
by A. G. Smith, 1966,
353-364.
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