Neil Clark Warren
| Neil Clark Warren | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 18, 1934 Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
| Occupation | Clinical psychologist, inspirational speaker, Christian theologian, founder of eHarmony relationship site |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Spouse(s) | Marylyn Warren |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | eHarmony eHarmony UK |
Neil Clark Warren (born September 18, 1934) is an American clinical psychologist, Christian theologian, seminary professor, chairman and co-founder of the online relationship sites eHarmony and Compatible Partners.
Warren earned a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Chicago. He is a former dean and psychologist at the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary. Warren is the author of ten books, and his articles have appeared in numerous journals and magazines. He has been interviewed on more than seven thousand radio and television programs.
In 1995, Warren and son-in-law Greg Forgatch created Neil Clark Warren & Associates, a company which offered seminars and teaching tools based on Warren’s books. In early 2000, they saw the need to redesign the company and created eHarmony, an online compatibility matching service. After retiring in 2007, Warren came out of retirement in July 2012, again becoming the chief executive of eHarmony and helping to restructure the company.
Born and raised just outside Des Moines, Iowa, Warren developed an interest in compatibility when he was very young. Although his parents' marriage lasted seventy years, Warren was frustrated by their inability to communicate with each other due to the differences in their intelligence and interests.
"They had a nice marriage, but they were not a very well-matched couple. … My dad was just so stinking bright, and my mom was so sweet, but she was two standard deviations below him in intelligence," Warren said. When his father ran for office in Polk County, Warren's grandmother refused to vote because she didn't think one should meddle in politics. Soon after, the family relocated to Long Beach, California.
Warren received his undergraduate degree at Pepperdine University. He got his master's in divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1959. Warren obtained his Ph.D in psychology from the University of Chicago in 1967.
Following his time at Princeton Theological Seminary, Warren moved to Chicago to continue his career in clinical psychology. He attended the University of Chicago. He served as a professor and then dean of Fuller Theological Seminary's Graduate School of Psychology. During these years, he worked in private practice as a clinical psychologist. In his 35 years of therapy he focused on marriage compatibility and performed many "divorce autopsies." After counseling thousands of couples, Warren developed an interest in helping singles find lasting relationships.
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