Helen Bee

Infobox Person
name = Helen L. Bee


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birth_date = c.1942 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZQ2gkBC7sRsC&pg=PA196&dq=%22helen+bee%22+psychology&ei=5fXfR8T-MIroiQHr19XsCg&sig=efl6R6BGWR6sXqrvqGfviPiYdpQ#PPA197,M1 Psychology and Social Care] By David J. Messer, Fiona Jones, p196-7, 1999, Jessica Kingsley, ISBN 1853027626]
birth_place = Tacoma, WA.
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occupation = Academic
spouse = Carl R. de Boor
parents = Austin Bee and Susan (nee Emmons)
children = Rex Douglas, Arwen Douglas

Helen L. Bee is a pop psychologist who has authored several books on the subject of human development, including both child development and adult development.

Education

Bee was born in the 1939, one of the two daughters of Austin Bee [ [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/roger.bee/famgb.html The Bee Hive] accessed March 18 2008] ,a man who influenced her deeply.Fact|date=April 2008 She received her BA from Radcliffe College in 1960 (magna cum laude) and her Ph.D. from Stanford in 1964, under the tutelage of Robert Sears and Eleanor Maccoby.

Academic

After two years as an Assistant Professor at Clark University, in Worcester, MA, Dr. Bee moved to the University of Washington, where she taught for 7 years, receiving tenure during that time. After leaving the university, she turned to writing books full time. The best known of her books is "The Developing Child", now in its 9th edition. Her own favorite of the several books, however, is "The Journey of Adulthood", which included, for the first time in any such text, a chapter on spiritual development.Fact|date=April 2008

Family

Bee currently lives on Orcas Island, in Washington state. She has been the wife of Carl R. de Boor, an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1991.Y.K. Leong, [http://www.ims.nus.edu.sg/imprints/interviews/CarldeBoor.pdf Carl de Boor: On wings of splines] , "Imprints" (newsletter of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore), Issue 5, 2004. retrieved 18 March 2008]

She was previously married to George Douglas and has two children from that marriage, Rex and Arwen.

In retirement, she volunteers for a number of non-profit organizations on Orcas island, including Camp Indralaya and OPAL Community Land Trust.

Major works

* "The Developing Child" ISBN 0060405821
* "The Journey to Adulthood" by Helen Bee and Barbara Bjorklund U.S.A. Prentice Hall. 1999. 0130109533
* "Essentials of Child Development and Personality"; Helen Bee
* "Lifespan Development" by Helen Bee and Denise Boyd
* "Child and Adolescent Development" (9th ed.) Bee, H. (2000). [e-text] . Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.

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