David Orme-Johnson

David W. Orme-Johnson holds an AB in psychology from Columbia University

(1963) and MA and PhD in Psychology from the University of Maryland (1965,

1969). He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Maharishi International University,

where he was a founding faculty in 1972, serving as chair of the psychology

department and director of its doctoral program. Dr. Orme-Johnson has authored

more than 100 publications on the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique,

having pioneered in its effects on stress reduction, prison rehabilitation,

health, neurophysiological effects, cognitive abilities, on creating coherence

in collective consciousness to improve the quality of life in society, and world

peace.