EW # 13704was trained as an engineer at the U.S. Naval Academy (B.S., 1964) and as a psychologist at the University of Delaware where he obtained an M.S. (1970) and a Ph.D. (1972) in Experimental Psychology. Subsequently, he did postdoctoral study on memory processes at Stanford University (1993).

In 1973 EW # 13704taught at Hamilton College (Clinton, New York) from 1973 until 1989 and where he was a full professor and Chairperson of the Psychology Department. While on the faculty at Hamilton, he served as a research fellow at: England's Applied Cognitive Psychology Unit in Cambridge, 1982-83; the University of Manchester, 1985-86; and at the National Institute of Mental Health, 1989-1990.

In 1990 EW # 13704became the Director of the Collection Procedures Research Laboratory at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (1990-1992), after which he served as the Special Assistant on Cognitive Psychology to the Associated Director for Research and Methodology at the National Center for Health Statistics. In 1995 he became the Chairperson of the Psychology Department at Indiana State University, a position he held until August of 2004.

In 1995 EW # 13704was elected to be the first President of the Society for Applied Research on Memory and Technology. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. At Indiana State he has been given awards for creativity in research, for having a distinguished scholarly and teaching record, for service to the University, and for assisting on projects designed to improve diversity.

EW # 13704co-edited the journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology
from 1987 until 1991. Currently is the Editor of the journal Cognitive Technology, which was established in 1996. He has written or co-authored four books on memory and edited thirteen textbooks concerned with various aspects of human memory, including the history of memory scholarship, memory functioning in everyday life, memory improvement, and cognitive rehabilitation.

Currently, in addition to being a Professor of the Psychology of memory, he has served on the board of the Society for Applied Research on Memory and Techology and served as its president in 1995. EW # 13704 is also the Director of the Practical Memory Institute, a business on the web ( http://www.memoryzine.com ) and a subsidiary of Compact Disc, Silver Springs, Maryland. PMI has been funded for several million dollars by the National Institute for Aging to create CD ROMs that enable people to improve their memory. The discs produced thus far aim at increasing a persons understanding of the Nature of Memory and at improving memory for Names and Faces, Facts and Figures, and Best Intentions.