Clark C. Abt is an American researcher born August 31, 1929 in Cologne, Germany. He became an American citizen in 1945, at age 16, and is known for first formalizing the concept and usages of serious games.
Abt left Germany for the United States in 1937. In 1947, he applied as an aeronautics student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1951. He then served four months in the merchant navy as a seaman, then spent a year at Johns Hopkins University as an English teacher, eventually obtaining a Master's degree in the Writing, Discourse and Drama Department for his thesis, titled A Year of Poems. In 1965, he earned a PhD from MIT in Political Science. He founded Abt Associates immediately afterwards.[1]
He married Wendy Peter on November 3, 1971, fathering a son and daughter.[citation needed] His son is Thomas Abt, a senior research fellow focusing on evidence-informed crime research at the Harvard Kennedy School.[2][3]
Works
Abt is known for his book Serious Games (1970),[4] where he formally established a basis for the concept of serious game.[5]
In this work and subsequent ones, he described sports games, role playing games and (then marginal) computer games as mediums for educative, political or marketing ideas.[6] This interest probably stemmed from Abt's involvement with the development of TEMPER, an early computer wargame designed for a Cold War context.[5]
References
^"Home / Who We Are / Our People / Clark C. Abt, Ph.D." Abt Associates. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
^The Atlantic This man says his anti-violence plan would save 12,000 lives, September 11, 2019
clark, american, researcher, born, august, 1929, cologne, germany, became, american, citizen, 1945, known, first, formalizing, concept, usages, serious, games, born, 1929, august, 1929cologne, germanynationalitygerman, american, starting, 1945, occupation, ped. Clark C Abt is an American researcher born August 31 1929 in Cologne Germany He became an American citizen in 1945 at age 16 and is known for first formalizing the concept and usages of serious games Clark C AbtBorn 1929 08 31 August 31 1929Cologne GermanyNationalityGerman American starting 1945 Occupation s Pedagogue Researcher Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditAbt left Germany for the United States in 1937 In 1947 he applied as an aeronautics student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he graduated in 1951 He then served four months in the merchant navy as a seaman then spent a year at Johns Hopkins University as an English teacher eventually obtaining a Master s degree in the Writing Discourse and Drama Department for his thesis titled A Year of Poems In 1965 he earned a PhD from MIT in Political Science He founded Abt Associates immediately afterwards 1 He married Wendy Peter on November 3 1971 fathering a son and daughter citation needed His son is Thomas Abt a senior research fellow focusing on evidence informed crime research at the Harvard Kennedy School 2 3 Works EditAbt is known for his book Serious Games 1970 4 where he formally established a basis for the concept of serious game 5 In this work and subsequent ones he described sports games role playing games and then marginal computer games as mediums for educative political or marketing ideas 6 This interest probably stemmed from Abt s involvement with the development of TEMPER an early computer wargame designed for a Cold War context 5 References Edit Home Who We Are Our People Clark C Abt Ph D Abt Associates Retrieved January 15 2019 The Atlantic This man says his anti violence plan would save 12 000 lives September 11 2019 CCJ Council on Criminal Justice Thomas Abt Akhgar Babak Yates Simeon 2011 Intelligence Management Knowledge Driven Frameworks for Combating Terrorism and Organized Crime Springer Science amp Business Media p 134 ISBN 9781447121404 a b Kasbi Yasmine 2013 Les Serious Games Une revolution in French Primento Djaouti Damien Alvarez Julian Jessel Jean Pierre Rampnoux Olivier Origins of Serious Games PDF External links EditClark C Abt Abt Associates Founder President and Treasurer 1965 1985 Chairman of the Board 1986 2006 and Chairman Emeritus Games portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clark C Abt amp oldid 1120342926, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
