Holleran, Eugene M(artin) (1922-)

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Holleran, Eugene M(artin) (1922-)

Professor of chemistry who investigated psychokinesis. Holleran was born June 25, 1922, in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He attended Scranton University (B.S., 1943) and Catholic University, Washington D.C. (Ph.D. chemistry, 1949). In 1950 he became a professor of chemistry at St. John's University, Jamaica, New York. He joined the Parapsychological Association, and during the 1960-61 school year Holleran worked on a Parapsychology Foundation grant on tests to establish psychokinetic ability.

Sources:

Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.

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