Background
Poffenberger, Albert Theodore was born on October 23, 1885 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert Theodore and Lillie Jane (Umberger) Poffenberger.
Poffenberger, Albert Theodore was born on October 23, 1885 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert Theodore and Lillie Jane (Umberger) Poffenberger.
Bachelor of Arts, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, 1909, Doctor of Science, 1926. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1910, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912.
Instructor in psychology, Columbia, 1912, advanced professor, 1927, professor emeritus since 1950. Captain Sanitary corpus, United States army, 1918-1919.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1937). Member American Psychological Association (president 1934-1935), National Research Council (chairman division psychology and anthropological 1931-1933), Social Science Research Council (president 1946-1948), Council for Research on Problems of Alcohol, Society Experimental Psychologists (president 1942-1943), National Institute of Psychology (president 1942-1943), American Association of Applied Psychologists (president 1943-1944), New York Academy Sciences, Phi Kappa Psi.
Married Flossie V. Kauffman, August 27, 1913. Children: Dora Helen, John Roberts.