Lawrence Albert Siebert
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| Born | January 21, 1934 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| 💀Died | June 25, 2009 (aged 75) Portland, Oregon, U.S.June 25, 2009 (aged 75) |
| Other names | Al Siebert |
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| 🌐 Website | resiliencycenter |
Lawrence Albert "Al" Siebert (January 21, 1934 – June 25, 2009) was an American psychologist, author, and educator. A native of Oregon, he was best known for his research on psychological resilience and the characteristics of highly resilient survivors. He taught management psychology seminars at Portland State University for more than 40 years.
Early life and education
Lawrence Albert Siebert was born in Portland, Oregon, to Donald and Mildred Siebert on January 21, 1934.[1] Raised in Portland, he graduated from Grant High School in Northeast Portland. He served as an Army paratrooper near the end of the Korean War.[1]
Siebert attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, graduating in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology.[1][2] He earned his Master of Arts in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan in 1960 and his PhD from the same institution in 1965.[2]
Personal life and death
Siebert lived in Portland with his wife Molly and spoke to business, government, and military leaders on developing resiliency skills. He died on June 25, 2009, in Portland at the age of 75 from colon cancer.[1]
Selected publications
- Siebert, Al (1995). Peaking Out: How My Mind Broke Free from the Delusions in Psychiatry. Portland, OR: Practical Psychology Press. Search this book on
- Siebert, Al. The Survivor Personality: Why Some People Are Stronger, Smarter, and More Skillful at Handling Life's Difficulties...and How You Can Be, Too. ISBN 978-0-399-53592-5. Search this book on — Fifteenth printing; translated into German, Dutch, Russian, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- Siebert, Al (2005). The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back From Setbacks. ISBN 978-1-57675-329-3. Search this book on — Winner of the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Self-Help book; translated into Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.
- Siebert, Al; Karr, Mary. The Adult Student's Guide to Survival and Success (6th ed.). ISBN 978-0-944227-38-1. Search this book on
See also
- Psychological resilience
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Obituaries: Siebert, Lawrence Albert". The Oregonian. July 5, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Al Siebert's biography. alsiebert.com. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
External links
- ResiliencyCenter.com – Archived biographical information
- Obituary (PDF)
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- 1934 births
- 2009 deaths
- American motivational writers
- American psychologists
- Grant High School (Portland, Oregon) alumni
- People with schizophrenia
- Portland State University faculty
- University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni
- Willamette University alumni
- Writers from Portland, Oregon
