death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
27 august 1992 den helder , the netherlands 15 july 1915 steven g. vandenberg
 steven g. vandenberg behavior geneticist university of michigan
steven g. vandenberg

steven vandenberg -lrb- born july 15 , 1915 , den helder , the netherlands d. august 27 , 1992 , boulder , colorado , united states -rrb- was a behavior geneticist who immigrated to the us after the second world war , obtaining his ph.d. from the university of michigan in 1955 .
from 1960 to 1967 he worked at the university of louisville school of medicine as director of the louisville twin study .
in 1970 he moved to the institute of behavior genetics at the university of colorado at boulder , where he remained until his retirement .
vandenberg received many honors and awards during his lifetime , including being the first recipient of the behavior genetics association 's dobzhansky career award in 1977 .
vandenberg served as president of the behavior genetics association -lrb- 1984 -- 1985 -rrb- and was the founding editor-in-chief of their scientific journal `` behavior genetics '' .
