Background
Cantril, Albert Hadley was born on June 16, 1906 in Hyrum, Utah, United States. Son of Albert Hadley and Edna Mary (Meyer) Cantril.
Cantril, Albert Hadley was born on June 16, 1906 in Hyrum, Utah, United States. Son of Albert Hadley and Edna Mary (Meyer) Cantril.
Bachelor of Science, Dartmouth College, 1928. Graduate work universities Munich and Berlin, 1929-1930. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1931.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1949.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Dartmouth College, 1960.
Instructor sociology Dartmouth College, 1931-1932. Instructor psychology Harvard, 1932-1935. Assistant professor education Teachers College, Columbia, 1935-1936.
Assistant professor psychology Princeton, 1936-1967, associate professor, 1937-1944, professor, 1944-1953, Stuart professor, department chairman psychology, 1953-1955, research associate department psychology, 1955-1969, associate director Radio Project, 1937-1939, director office public opinion research, 1939-1957, senior counsellor, Chairman of the Board Institute for International Social Research, 1955-1969.
Expert consultant United States secretary of war and O.W.I., 1942-1945. Consultant The White House, 1955-1956.
Director United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Tensions Project, 1948. President Research Council, Incorporated.
President Institute for Associate Research.
Member American Psychological Association, Society Psychological Study Social Issues (past president), Eastern Psychological Association (president 1949-1950).
Married Mavis Lyman, June 18, 1932. Children: Albert Hadley, Mavis Annual.