Ole Ivar Lovaas - Personal Life

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Lovaas was born in Lier, Norway and was a farm worker during the 1940s Nazi occupation of Norway. After the war, Lovaas earned a music scholarship to Luther College in the American state of Iowa. He earned his undergraduate degree at Luther College and his doctorate in psychology from the University of Washington. Married twice, Lovvas had four children from his first marriage and is survived by six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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