Kammerdiener, Franklin Leslie, Jr. (1932-)

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Kammerdiener, Franklin Leslie, Jr. (1932-)

Director of the Parapsychology Laboratory at Wayland Baptist College, Plainview, Texas. Kammerdiener was born on September 1, 1932, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He studied at Oklahoma Baptist University (B.S., 1954); Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas (B.D., 1957; M.Th., 1959); and Stephen F. Austin State College, Nacogdoches, Texas (M.A., 1960). In 1960 Kammerdiener became an instructor in psychology at Wayland as well as director of the Parapsychology Laboratory. He was responsible for evaluation of experiments in telepathy involving objects of various shapes.

Sources:

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