Dr. George Moushegian died of natural causes Sunday October 15, 2006.
Professor Moushegian was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Armenian
immigrant parents Zakar and Nazig Moushegian on Jan.19, 1923. He spent
his early years in Detroit, Michigan. Soon after the start of U.S.
involvement in World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943. He
was honorably discharged in 1946. He studied Languages at Harvard
University. He received his Master’s Degree at Wayne State University
earned his PhD in Psychology University of Texas at Austin.
Ever curious and wanting to learn how the brain works, Dr. Moushegian
embarked on a long and illustrious research career spanning auditory
physiology and psycho-acoustics. He started his post-doctoral research
work at the Walter Reed Army Research Center under the direction of Dr.
Robert Galambos. At Walter Reed, he and Professor Alan Rupert became
only the second group in the world to record from the auditory nerve.
Over the next four decades, his research and educational career took him
to Syracuse University, Callier Center for Communication Disorders and
the University of Texas at Dallas. He served as the director of the
Callier Center, as well as the Dean of the School of Human Development
in a dual role when the Callier Center joined UTD. He was the first
appointee to the endowed Margaret Fonde Jonsson Chair in School of Human
Development at UTD. Developing an extensive and sophisticated research
laboratory at the Callier Center that is still productive today, one his
team’s many research efforts resulted in the first magnetically driven
hearing aid, for which he served as the first human subject. His team is
also credited with discovering the Frequency Following Response in the
brain. He worked into his late 70s and guided several undergraduate,
doctoral and post-doctoral students in their careers. He retired
Professor Emeritus at UTD. He had well over 150 publications in
international journals.
The George Moushegian Memorial Fund has been established through:
American Academy of Audiology Foundation
11730 Plaza American Drive #300
Reston, Virginia 20190
