Biography
Tversky was born in Haifa, British Palestine (now Israel). He served with distinction in Israel Defense Forces rising to a rank of captain and was decorated for bravery. He received his undergraduate education at Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel, and his doctorate from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1964. He later taught at the Hebrew University, Israel before moving to Stanford University. In 1980 he became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1984 he was a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, and in 1985 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences . Amos Tversky was married to Barbara Tversky, now a professor in the human development department at Teachers College, Columbia University. Tversky, co-recipient with Daniel Kahneman, earned the 2003 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. He died of a metastatic melanoma.
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