American Academy of Medical Ethics
Who is the AAME?


DyckArthur James Dyck, PhD
AAME Board of Reference

Arthur James Dyck, PhD, graduated with Highest Honors from Tabor College with a bachelor's degree in sociology. He then earned master's degrees in psychology and philosophy from the University of Kansas before completing his PhD in religious ethics from Harvard University. His thesis was titled, "A Gestalt Analysis of the Moral Data and Certain of Its Implications for Ethical Theory."

Dr. Dyck has enjoyed professorships of social ethics, philosophy and psychology at Harvard, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Kansas. He has been the Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics at the Harvard School of Public Health since 1969, Co-Director of the Kennedy Interfaculty Program in Medical Ethics at Harvard since 1971, and a member of the Harvard Divinity School faculty since 1965. Author of four books and co-author one, Dr. Dyck is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the American Public Health Association, the Society of Christian Ethics, and other organizations. He and his wife, Sylvia, have twin daughters Sandra and Cynthia, and live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


Home | About The AAME | Events & Conferences | Current Issues
Other Ethics Organizations | How You Can Help

AAME Home Who is the AAME? Events & Conferences Current Issues Partner Organizations How You Can Help