Francis Mechner
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Francis Mechner received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from
Columbia University and his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (1957)
from the Columbia University Graduate Faculties of Pure Science where
he also served on the teaching and research faculty for four years. His
professional activities and publications have been in basic
experimental research in the field of behavior, behavior technology,
learning, training, education, early childhood development, and theory.
Since 1960, Mechner has started and built a number of corporations based on new and innovative technology. The first of these was Basic Systems, Inc., which later became Xerox Learning Systems and then Learning International. Subsequent ones included Chyron Corporation, TeleSession Corporation, General Clutch Corporation, and TorqMaster, Inc.
Mechner is also a serious painter and a pianist of concert caliber. As a student of strategy games, he achieved a Master rating in chess (2236), and a "5-dan" rating in the oriental strategy game "go." Previously, he was heavily involved in lepidoptery, and is fluent in German, French, Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
Since 1960, Mechner has started and built a number of corporations based on new and innovative technology. The first of these was Basic Systems, Inc., which later became Xerox Learning Systems and then Learning International. Subsequent ones included Chyron Corporation, TeleSession Corporation, General Clutch Corporation, and TorqMaster, Inc.
Mechner is also a serious painter and a pianist of concert caliber. As a student of strategy games, he achieved a Master rating in chess (2236), and a "5-dan" rating in the oriental strategy game "go." Previously, he was heavily involved in lepidoptery, and is fluent in German, French, Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
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