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aliases:
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- David A. Goslin
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category: "Scientists & Researchers"
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tags:
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- Person
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- DavidGoslin
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- AIR
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- NationalResearchCouncil
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summary: "Sociologist who ran the National Research Council's behavioral sciences commission for thirteen years and then the American Institutes for Research, where he coordinated the 1995 evaluation of Star Gate."
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born: 1936-10-27
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died: 2024-12-28
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location: "Washington, D.C."
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created: 2026-09-22
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updated: 2026-09-22
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David Alexander Goslin was born in [[New York City]] on October 27, 1936, grew up after his father's death in Berkeley, [[California]], graduated in psychology from [[Swarthmore College]] in 1958 and took his doctorate in sociology at [[Yale University]] in 1962. He joined the [[Russell Sage Foundation]] in New York, "held adjunct teaching positions at six different universities and published five books in the field of sociology over a 13-year period," moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1974 and "spent 13 years as Executive Director of the Commission of Behavioral and Social Sciences of the [[National Research Council]]," the commission under which the 1988 report *Enhancing Human Performance* was produced. He was elected a fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] in 1982. In 1987 he became the fourth president and chief executive of the [[American Institutes for Research]], serving until 2001; in his tenure AIR ran "a large-scale personnel evaluation of the U.S. Army that tracked the careers of more than 3 million Army personnel" and in 1994 acquired Pelavin Associates. He died on December 28, 2024.[^1]
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In 1995, after the National Research Council declined the CIA's request for a review of Star Gate, the CIA met "with president and representatives of American Institutes of Research (AIR)" on May 10 and signed a contract on June 12 ([[1995 AIR evaluation of Star Gate]]); the report records that "Dr. David A. Goslin, President of AIR, served as coordinator." [[Edwin May]]'s commentary of 1996 objected that Goslin had also administered the NRC's 1988 report.[^3]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: "The American Institutes for Research Honors the Life and Legacy of David Goslin." American Institutes for Research, January 6, 2025. https://www.air.org/news/press-release/american-institutes-research-honors-life-and-legacy-david-goslin "David Goslin Obituary." Gamble Funeral Service, Savannah, Georgia, family notice, January 2025. https://www.gamblefuneralservice.com/obituaries/david-goslin
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[^3]: May, Edwin C. "The American Institutes for Research Review of the Department of Defense's STAR GATE Program: A Commentary," *Journal of Parapsychology,* vol. 60, no. 1, 1996, pp. 3-23.
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[^2]: "Star Gate Transfer Chronology: 1995," CIA-RDP96-00791R000200190017-9. Read in the archive.org mirror of the CIA FOIA Reading Room STARGATE collection. Mumford, Michael D., Andrew M. Rose, and David A. Goslin. *An Evaluation of Remote Viewing: Research and Applications.* American Institutes for Research, September 29, 1995, pp. E-1 to E-2.
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