Rivers, Olivia Burnett (Mrs. Doris Wilmer Rivers) (1919-)
Rivers, Olivia Burnett (Mrs. Doris Wilmer Rivers) (1919-)
Assistant professor of psychology and a parapsychologist. She was born on June 16, 1919, at Booneville, Mississippi. She studied at Blue Mountain College, Mississippi (B.A., 1941) and Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee (M.A., 1942). After graduation she taught at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette (1942-44), the Woman's College, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, (1944-47), and Mississippi State University (1947-49). In 1950 she joined the staff of the Parapsychology Laboratory, at Duke University.
Sources:
Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.
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