Michael Studdert-Kennedy

Michael Studdert-Kennedy was an American psychologist and speech scientist who lived from 1927 to 2017. He is well known for his contributions to studies of speech perception, the motor theory of speech perception, and the evolution of language, among other areas. He was a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Connecticut and a professor emeritus of linguistics at Yale University. He was the former president (1986–1992) of Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut. He was also a member of the Haskins Laboratories Board of Directors [http://www.haskins.yale.edu/board.html] and was chairman of the board from 1988 until 2001. He was the son of the priest and Christian socialist Geoffrey Studdert-Kennedy. He was married to the novelist Kathrin Perutz. Provided by Wikipedia