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Kenneth Schweller ’68

Kenneth Schweller '68, professor of computer science and psychology at Buena Vista University in Iowa, has been named chair of the board of the Great Ape Trust. The trust is a scientific research facility in Des Moines, dedicated to understanding the origins and future of culture, language, tools, and intelligence, and to the preservation of endangered great apes in their natural habitats. The trust is home to a colony of seven bonobos, and will collaborate with the organization Bonobo Hope, also in Des Moines, to fundraise for the international effort to support bonobos around the world. Schweller, who majored in English at Wesleyan, received his PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Illinois. He teaches courses in artificial intelligence, software engineering, compiler theory, and programming languages at Buena Vista.
Kenneth Schweller ’68, professor of computer science and psychology at Buena Vista University in Iowa, has been named chair of the board of the Great Ape Trust. The trust is a scientific research facility in Des Moines, dedicated to understanding the origins and future of culture, language, tools, and intelligence, and to the preservation of endangered great apes in their natural habitats. The trust is home to a colony of seven bonobos, and will collaborate with the organization Bonobo Hope, also in Des Moines, to fundraise for the international effort to support bonobos around the world. Schweller, who majored in English at Wesleyan, received his PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Illinois. He teaches courses in artificial intelligence, software engineering, compiler theory, and programming languages at Buena Vista.