Background
Lumsdaine, Arthur Allen was born on November 23, 1913 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Arthur H.V. and Gladys (Strayer) Lumsdaine.
Lumsdaine, Arthur Allen was born on November 23, 1913 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Arthur H.V. and Gladys (Strayer) Lumsdaine.
Bachelor of Science, University Washington, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford, 1949.
Acting instructor psychology, Stanford, 1939-1940;
instructor psychology, Princeton, 1940-1946;
psychologist, statistician, War Department, 1942-1946;
research assistant professor, Yale, 1946-1949;
research scientist, laboratory director, United States Air Force, 1949-1958;
visiting professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1958;
program director, executive scientist, American Institute Research, Pittsburgh, 1958-1960;
professor education, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1965;
professor psychology and education, U. Washington, since 1965;
chairman psychology Department, University Washington, 1965-1971. Consultant in field, since 1949. Research adviser American Institute Research, since 1960.
Adviser educational media, conference participant and/or delegate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1962-1974. Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1965, European Broadcasting Union, 1967, Williamsburg International Education Conference, 1967. Visiting scientist Battelle Institute, 1971-1973.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association (president division educational psychology 1968-1969). Member American Education Research Association, Western Psychological Association, Evaluation Research Society, International Society Political Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Marion Rebecca Harper, April 7, 1945. Children– John, David, Peter.