Rogo, David Scott (1950-1990)

Parapsychologist and writer on psychological, scientific, and psychic subjects. Rogo was born February 1, 1950, in Los Angeles and studied at the University of Cincinnati for a year before finishing his degree at San Fernando Valley State College (B.A., 1971). Originally a musician, he became a student of parapsychology and in 1968-69 coordinated an experimental course in parapsychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He joined the American Society for Psychical Research and the Society for Psychical Research, London. Over the years he educated himself in parapsychology and became one of the important interpreters of its findings to the public.

As a professional writer, he regularly contributed to various psychic and New Age periodicals such as Fate and Psychic (renamed New Realities ), for whom he became a review editor. He authored several papers for parapsychology journals, but is most remembered for his many thoughtful books. He was tragically killed during a break-in at his apartment in Northridge, California on August 14, 1990. The Parapsychology Foundation has established the "D. Scott Rogo Award for Parapsychology Literature" in his memory.

Sources:

Berger, Arthur S., and Joyce Berger. The Encyclopedia of Parapsychology and Psychical Research. New York: Paragon House, 1991.

Rogo, Scott. An Experience of Phantoms. New York: Taplinger, 1974.

——. The Haunted Universe. New York: New American Library, 1977.

——. Methods and Models for Education in Parapsychology. N.p., 1973.

——. Minds and Motion. New York: Taplinger, 1978.

——. Miracles: A Parascientific Study into Wondrous Phenomena. New York: Dial Press, 1982.

——. NAD: A Study of Some Unusual Other-World Experiences. N.p., 1970.

——. NAD Vol. 2: A Psychic Study of "The Music of the Spheres." N.p., 1972.

——. The Welcoming Silence. New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1973.

Rogo, Scott, and Raymond Bayless. Phone Calls from the Dead. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1979.