Jim Aten

Jiim Leroy "Red" Aten's speech pathologist career spanned over 50 years, beginning at San Jose State College as a speech pathology clinical director and assistant professor. Highlights of his profession included speech pathology positions at the Seattle VA Medical Center, associate professor and clinical director at San Jose State University, and as a tenured associate professor at the University of Denver. In 1992, he retired as the chief of speech pathology and audiology at the Long Beach VA Hospital. He continued with consulting and in private practice after his retirement.

He was a prolific author in his field, and remained involved in many professional activities until a stroke disabled him with the same neurological conditions suffered by many of the patients he treated over the years. His final accomplishment in 2014 was the completion of life-long career project, The Auditory Phoneme Sequencing Test, published in collaboration and with the exceptional talents of colleague Dr. Deborah Swain.

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