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| rdfs:comment | - Dr. Richard Alpert (born April 5, 1931), also known as Baba Ram Dass (बाबा राम दास), is a contemporary spiritual teacher who wrote the 1971 bestseller Be Here Now. He is well known for his association with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s, both having been dismissed from their professorships for experiments on the effects of psychedelic drugs on human subjects. He is also known for his travels to India and his association with the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba.
- Dr. Richard Alpert (born April 6, 1931), later known as Baba Ram Dass, is a well-known figure in the Counterculture. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University who became well known for his controversial research program which studied the effects of LSD. He was born to a prominent Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Tufts University, a masters' degree from Wesleyan University and a doctorate degree from Stanford University.
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| Alternative Names | - Dass, Baba Ram ; Alpert, Richard
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| Short Description | - psychologist and spiritual leader
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| abstract | - Dr. Richard Alpert (born April 6, 1931), later known as Baba Ram Dass, is a well-known figure in the Counterculture. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University who became well known for his controversial research program which studied the effects of LSD. He was born to a prominent Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Tufts University, a masters' degree from Wesleyan University and a doctorate degree from Stanford University. Alpert worked closely with Dr. Timothy Leary at Harvard, where the two conducted many experiments on the effects of LSD. The pair were dismissed from the university in 1963 due to their controversial research on the Harvard Psilocybin Project. They relocated, and continued their experiments at a private mansion in New York.
- Dr. Richard Alpert (born April 5, 1931), also known as Baba Ram Dass (बाबा राम दास), is a contemporary spiritual teacher who wrote the 1971 bestseller Be Here Now. He is well known for his association with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s, both having been dismissed from their professorships for experiments on the effects of psychedelic drugs on human subjects. He is also known for his travels to India and his association with the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba.
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