Betty Horenstein Pickett

Background

Pickett, Betty Horenstein was born on February 15, 1926 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Isadore Samuel and Etta Lillian (Morrison) Horenstein.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Brown University, 1945. Master of Science, Brown University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1949.

Career

Assistant professor psychology, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1949-1951; assistant professor, U. Nebraska, 1951; lecturer, U. Connecticut, 1952; professional associate psychological science, Bio-Sciences Information Exch., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1953-1958; executive secretary behavioral science study section experimental psychology study sect.div. research grants, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1958-1961; research consultant to mental health unit, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Boston, 1962-1963; executive secretary research career program, National Institute of Mental Health, 1963-1966; chief cognition and learning section division extramural research program, National Institute of Mental Health, 1966-1968; deputy director, National Institute of Mental Health, 1968-1974; director division special mental health programs, National Institute of Mental Health, 1974-1975; acting director division extramural research program, National Institute of Mental Health, 1975-1977; associate director extramural and collaborative research program, National Institute Aging, 1977-1979; deputy director, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland., 1979-1981; acting director, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, 1981-1982; director Division Research Resources, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, 1982-1988. Member health scientist administrator panel Civil Service Commission Board Examiners, 1970-1976, 81-88. Member county on graduate education Brown U. Graduate School, 1989-1991.

Achievements

• Betty Horenstein Pickett has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Psychological Association, American Psychol Society, Psychonomic Society, Association Women in Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married James McPherson Pickett, March 10, 1952.

Father:

Isadore Samuel Horenstein

Mother:

Etta Lillian (Morrison) Horenstein

Spouse:

James McPherson Pickett