The Story of My Life

Abstract

Rolf E. Muuss received his teaching diploma from the Padagogische Hochschule, Flensburg, Germany; his M.Ed. from Western Maryland College; and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. From 1959 until his retirement in 1995, he has held the positions of professor,_ chairman of education, director of special education, and chairman of sociology and anthropology at Goucher College, where he also held the Elizabeth C. Todd Distinguished Professorship (1980-85). Dr. Muuss is the author of six editions of Theories of Adolescence (Random House 1962,1968,1975,1982, McGraw-Hill1988, 1996). He is also the author of First-Aid for Classroom Discipline Problems (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1962) and has published over 100 research studies and articles in medical, psychological, and educational journals in the United States, Germany, England, Switzerland, and Sweden. In his autobiography Muuss discusses his role as a pilot in the German military during World War II.