Richard Suinn | |
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Born | |
Known for | Past president, American Psychological Association; former mayor, Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Fields | Psychology |
Richard M. Suinn (born May 8, 1933) is an American psychologist, a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a former mayor of Fort Collins, Colorado.
Suinn earned an undergraduate degree from Ohio State University and a PhD in counseling psychology from Stanford University. He served on the city council of Fort Collins, Colorado, then he became the city's mayor. He was APA president in 1999. [1] He was the first Asian-American president of the APA. [2] Suinn was also one of the founding members of the Asian American Psychological Association. [3]