3 Quotes & Sayings By Donald J Cram

Donald J. Cram is a professor of psychology and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has been a faculty member at UMD since 2002 and has taught courses in human development, psychology, and counseling. He earned his PhD at the University of Maryland in 1992 Read more

Dr. Cram was named Adjunct Professor Doctoral Program in Psychology in 2009. As dean, he oversees the college’s 5,000 students and its curriculum, research, advising services, facilities, and $25 million budget.

Dr. Cram’s previous positions include associate dean for student affairs at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (2002-06); assistant/associate dean for academic affairs for the College of Public Health (1994-2002) and dean of public health programs (1988-94). He also served as director of environmental studies (1985-88), director (1984-85), and director (1979-84) in the School of Health Professions.

Dr. Cram is also active in several professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association; Society for Research in Child Development; Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues; Society for Human Resource Management; International Continence Society; International Continence Society; Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies; Society for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy; Society for Pediatric Nursing; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Children with Disabilities; National Institute on Disability Statistics; American Public Health Association; National Association of Counseling Centers; National Association for Gifted Children, National Council on Family Relations Competencies Group, Department on Aging Advisory Committee on Aging Caregivers Program Review Committee on Aging Services Research Strategic Planning Subcommittees Subcommittee on Adult Day Services Research Subcommittee on Spinal Cord Injury Research

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Any chemist reading this book can see, in some detail, how I have spent most of my mature life. They can become familiar with the quality of my mind and imagination. They can make judgements about my research abilities. They can tell how well I have documented my claims of experimental results. Any scientist can redo my experiments to see if they still work–and this has happened! I know of no other field in which contributions to world culture are so clearly on exhibit, so cumulative, and so subject to verification. Donald J. Cram
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Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical compounds exquisitely organized to accomplish the most complicated and delicate of tasks. Many organic chemists viewing crystal structures of enzyme systems or nucleic acids and knowing the marvels of specificity of the immune systems must dream of designing and synthesizing simpler organic compounds that imitate working features of these naturally occurring compounds. Donald J. Cram