{{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = William D. Rohwer | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = William Dan Rohwer | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|10|02}} | birth_place = Denver, Colorado | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|06|26|1937|10|02}} | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | home_town = | other_names = | pronounce = | residence = | citizenship = | fields = Educational psychology | workplaces = University of California, Berkeley | patrons = | education = Harvard University<br>University of California, Berkeley | alma_mater = | thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = Carol Rohwer | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = Four | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }} '''William Dan Rohwer Jr.''' (October 2, 1937 — June 26, 2016) was an American educational psychologist.
==Early life and education== Rohwer was born on October 2, 1937, in Denver, Colorado, to Dan and Gladys Rohwer. He was educated at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.<ref name=obit>{{Cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=william-rohwer&pid=180486430 |title=William Rohwer Obituary |date=2016-06-29 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref>
==Academic career== Rohwer became a professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education in 1964.<ref name=division15/> He was a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University from 1979 to 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://casbs.stanford.edu/news/memoriam-recent-losses-casbs-family-fall-2016 |title=In Memoriam: Recent Losses to the CASBS Family, fall 2016 |date=2016-11-15 |website=Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences |access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref> He served as Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley from 1989 until his retirement in 1996.<ref name=division15>{{Cite web |url=https://apadiv15.org/2016/07/11/remembering-william-d-rohwer-jr/ |title=Remembering William D. Rohwer, Jr. |date=2016-07-11 |website=APA Division 15 |language=en-US |access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gse.berkeley.edu/about-us/gse-history |title=GSE History |website=UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education |access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref>
==Research== Rohwer has been called "a pioneer in the study of verbal and imaginal representational processes among children."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLNG6a9ed6EC&pg=PA17 |title=Notebooks of the Mind: Explorations of Thinking |last=John-Steiner |first=Vera |date=1997-01-23 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198026877 |pages=17 |language=en}}</ref> He conducted research on the determinants of children's and adolescents' learning abilities, such as the type of educational technique used and the student's socioeconomic status.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyhmFMIiwk8C&pg=PA41 |title=Growing Up Forgotten: A Review of Research and Programs Concerning Early Adolescence |last=Lipsitz |first=Joan |date=1980-01-01 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |isbn=9781412824866 |pages=41 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/08/archives/ideas-trends-nudity-is-no-longer-a-dirty-word-in-us.html |title=Ideas & Trends Education, Medicine, Behavior |date=1974-09-08 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-12-11 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/24/archives/education-reading-course-teaches-pupils-how-to-think-a-reading.html |title=Education |last=Fiske |first=Edward B. |date=1979-04-24 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-12-11 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Personal life and death== Rohwer and his wife, Carol, had four children. William and Carol Rohwer were both wine aficionados who founded West Coast Fine Wines in their retirement. William died of lung cancer at his home on June 26, 2016.<ref name=obit/>
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