Richard Pew

Richard Pew

Personal information
Born	April 22, 1933 New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Cornell University Harvard University University of Michigan
Occupation	engineering psychologist
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Épée

Richard Pew (born April 22, 1933) is a recognized American engineering psychologist in the field of human factors.

He earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1956 and an AM in psychology from Harvard University in 1960. He completed a PhD in psychology in 1963 under the guidance of Paul Fitts at the University of Michigan, and subsequently became a faculty member there. Pew has spent many years as a research scientist at BBN Technologies, and is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.^[1]

Pew is also an accomplished fencer, and competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[2]

References

1. "HFES Fellow profile" (PDF). Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
2. "Richard Pew". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2010.