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75 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine EDUCATION D r. Allan Collins has been intrigued by general semantics – a system of linguistic philosophy that explores the nature of words and symbols in their relation to language – from a formative age. After reading the book “Science and Sanity” by semantics founder Alfred Korzybski, Dr. Collins decided to pursue the discipline. He attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a Master of Arts in communication sciences and PhD in psychology in 1962 and 1970, respectively. During his doctoral studies, he commenced his career as a senior scientist at Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc., a role he held for 20 fruitful years before being promoted to principal scientist for the following decade. Delving into academia, Dr. Collins served Northwestern University as a professor of learning sciences from 1989 until attaining emeritus status in 2005. During his tenure, he published the first article on retrieval time from semantic memory, which to this day remains his most downloaded paper. He also cites his work on cognitive apprenticeship with J.S. Brown to be a career highlight. Mentored by numerous individuals, he notes that significant influences on his professional and personal lives have been R. Quillian, with whom he launched research on human semantic memory, and John H. Holland, who is renowned for his work on adaptive systems theory. A prolific author as well, Dr. Collins has written a number of books, most recently including “What’s Worth Teaching: Rethinking Curriculum in the Age of Technology” in 2017. Previous books to his credit have included “Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology” in 2009 and “The Cognitive Structure of Emotions” in 1988, with a second edition released in 2019. He also served as an editor for “Representation and Understanding,” “Cognitive Science” and “Readings in Cognitive Science.” Dr. Collins is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Artificial Intelligence, American Educational Research Association and the Cognitive Science Society. He has been featured inWho’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who in the East and Who’s Who in the World. ALLAN COLLINS, PHD RESEARCH SCIENTIST, EMERITUS PROFESSOR Northwestern University Lexington, MA