George Kelly
George Alexander Kelly (1905- 1967)
Biography:
He was born on April 28, 1905 in Perth Kansas.
He was married in 1931 and there were two children from the marriage.
His education began at Park College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1926.
In 1928 he received his Master of Arts from Kansas University.
He obtained a fellowship at Edinburgh in 1930 and subsequently was awarded a Bachelor of Education Degree.
His formal education culminated in a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1931.
He served as a consultant to the Veterans Administration from 1945 until the time of his death.
He was also a consultant to the Surgeon General of the United States Navy from 1948 to 1953.
His further involvement with federal organizations was as follows: member, Special Medical Advisory Group of Veterans Administration, 1955- 1960: Training Committee, National Institute of Mental Health, and National Institute of Health, 1958- 1967: U.S. Naval Reserve, 1943- 1945 with rank of lieutenant commander.
He helped to formulate the American Board of examiners for Professional Psychologists, being one of its first members and serving as its president from 1951 through 1953.
His primary interests were in personality theory and in training of clinical Psychologists.
His earliest teaching experience was as an associate professor of Psychology at Kansas State College, Fort Hayes, from 1931 to 1943.
He then went to the University of Maryland as an associate professor of Psychology, 1945 through 1946.
He went as a full professor to Ohio State University, where he was Director of the Psychological clinic in 1946.
He left Ohio State and went to Brandeis University in 1965.
His ultimately death on March 6, 1967, ended the career of a brilliant and concerned clinical psychologist.
Personal Construct Theory George Kelly’s approach to personality begins with a unique conception of humankind. He called it a man-the-scientists
Biography:
He was born on April 28, 1905 in Perth Kansas.
He was married in 1931 and there were two children from the marriage.
His education began at Park College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1926.
In 1928 he received his Master of Arts from Kansas University.
He obtained a fellowship at Edinburgh in 1930 and subsequently was awarded a Bachelor of Education Degree.
His formal education culminated in a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1931.
He served as a consultant to the Veterans Administration from 1945 until the time of his death.
He was also a consultant to the Surgeon General of the United States Navy from 1948 to 1953.
His further involvement with federal organizations was as follows: member, Special Medical Advisory Group of Veterans Administration, 1955- 1960: Training Committee, National Institute of Mental Health, and National Institute of Health, 1958- 1967: U.S. Naval Reserve, 1943- 1945 with rank of lieutenant commander.
He helped to formulate the American Board of examiners for Professional Psychologists, being one of its first members and serving as its president from 1951 through 1953.
His primary interests were in personality theory and in training of clinical Psychologists.
His earliest teaching experience was as an associate professor of Psychology at Kansas State College, Fort Hayes, from 1931 to 1943.
He then went to the University of Maryland as an associate professor of Psychology, 1945 through 1946.
He went as a full professor to Ohio State University, where he was Director of the Psychological clinic in 1946.
He left Ohio State and went to Brandeis University in 1965.
His ultimately death on March 6, 1967, ended the career of a brilliant and concerned clinical psychologist.
Personal Construct Theory George Kelly’s approach to personality begins with a unique conception of humankind. He called it a man-the-scientists