Background
Hammett, Benjamin Cowles was born on November 18, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Buell Hammett and Harriet (Cowles) Graham.
Hammett, Benjamin Cowles was born on November 18, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Buell Hammett and Harriet (Cowles) Graham.
Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1969.
Staff psychologist Children's Psychiatric Center, Butner, North Carolina, 1965-1967. Senior psychologist, director research VA Treatment Center for Children, Richmond, Virginia, 1968-1971. Assistant professor child psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University, 1968-1971.
Instructor psychology Western Graduate School Psychology, 1980-1987. Private practice clinical psychology Palo Alto, California, 1972-1992. Research psychologist, since 1992.
Affiliate staff member O'Connor Hospital, San Jose, California, 1980-1984. Vice president board directors Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, 1982-1983, president board directors, 1983-1985, treasurer, 1990-1992, member staff, since 1992, board directors emeritus, since 1992, research affiliate, 1992-1995, research associate, since 1995. Board directors Western Graduate School Psychology, 1993-1997.
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, 1952-1954. 1st lieutenant Civil Air Patrol, 1969. Volunteer Bay Area Action and Peninsula Conservation Center, Palo Alto, since 1983, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, since 1987.
Treasurer John B. Cary School Parent-Teachers Association, Richmond, Virginia, 1969-1970. Trustee National Parks and Conservation Association, 1995-1998. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, American Group Psychotherapy Association, International Transactional Analysis Association (certified clinical member), Association Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedbck, Biofeedback Society California, California Psychological Association, Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy, El Tigre Club Stanford University (secretary 1954).
Married Ruth Finstrom, June 18, 1957. Children: Susan Hood, Sarah, Carol Bress, John.