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Article: Paul A. Schwarz, Research Institute President, Dies
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 17, 1987
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Paul A. Schwarz, 56, the president and chief executive officer of
the American Institutes for Research, died of cancer Jan. 13 at his
home in Falls Church.
Dr. Schwarz was born in Vienna. He came to the United States in
1939 and settled in Pittsburgh. He graduated from the University of
Pittsburgh, where he also earned a master's degree in mathematics and
a doctorate in psychology.
He joined the AIFR in 1952 in Pittsburgh as a research assistant.
He moved to the Washington area in 1970 when the organization
relocated its headquarters here. He had been president and chief
executive officer since 1973. Dr. Schwarz was an authority in
aptitute testing and had helped establish testing centers ...