Editing Richard C. Atkinson (section)

{{Short description|American educational psychologist and academic}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Richard C. Atkinson
| image        = RCARobes.jpg
| order1       = 17th
| title1       = President of the<br>[[University of California]]
| term_start1  = 1995
| term_end1    = 2003
| predecessor1 = [[Jack W. Peltason]]
| successor1   = [[Robert C. Dynes]]
| order2       = Fifth
| title2       = Chancellor of the<br />[[University of California San Diego]]
| term_start2  = 1980
| term_end2    = 1995
| predecessor2 = [[William D. McElroy]]
| successor2   = [[Robert C. Dynes]]
| order3       = 5th
| title3       = Director of the [[National Science Foundation]]
| term_start3  = 1977
| term_end3    = 1980
| president3   = [[Jimmy Carter]]
| predecessor3 = [[Guyford Stever]]
| successor3   = [[John Brooks Slaughter]]
| birth_name = Richard Chatham Atkinson
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1929|03|19}}
| birth_place  = [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| alma_mater   = [[University of Chicago]]<br>[[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]]
| profession   = Psychologist and cognitive scientist, professor, administrator
| spouse       = Rita Atkinson
| blank1       = Institutions
| data1        = [[Stanford University]]<br>[[University of California San Diego|UC San Diego]]<br>[[University of California]]
| module       = 
  {{Infobox academic | child=yes
  | fields            = 
  | workplaces        = [[Stanford University]]<br>[[University of California San Diego|UC San Diego]]<br>[[University of California]]
  | education         = 
  | alma_mater        = 
  | thesis_title      = An analysis of rote serial position effects in terms of a statistical model
  | thesis_url        = https://iucat.iu.edu/catalog/612389
  | thesis_year       = 1955
  | doctoral_advisor  = Cletus J. Burke
  | academic_advisors = 
  | doctoral_students = [[Richard Shiffrin]]
  | notable_students  = 
  | known_for         = 
  | influences        = 
  | influenced        = 
  | awards            = [[E. L. Thorndike Award]] {{small|(1980)}}<br>Revelle Medal {{small|(1995)}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chancellor.ucsd.edu/about-the-office/the-revelle-medal|title = The Revelle Medal}}</ref><br>
[[APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology]] {{small|(2002)}}<br>[[Clark Kerr Award]] {{small|(2018)}}
  }}
}}

'''Richard Chatham Atkinson'''<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=27 April 2011}}</ref> (born March 19, 1929) is an American professor of [[cognitive science]] and psychology and an academic administrator.<ref>[http://www.rca.ucsd.edu/ Welcome]</ref> He is [[president emeritus]] of the [[University of California system]], former [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of the [[University of California, San Diego]], and former director of the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.rca.ucsd.edu/biography.asp Biography]</ref><ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/about/history/bios/rcatkinson.jsp Biography]</ref>