Background
Pfaffmann, Carl was born on May 27, 1913 in Brooklyn. Son of Charles and Anna (Haaker) Pfaffmann.
Pfaffmann, Carl was born on May 27, 1913 in Brooklyn. Son of Charles and Anna (Haaker) Pfaffmann.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1933; Master of Arts, Brown U., 1935; Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford, England, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy (Rhodes scholar), Cambridge U., England, 1939; Doctor of Science, Brown U., 1965; Doctor of Science, Bucknell U., 1966; Doctor of Science, Yale University, 1972.
Research associate, Johnson Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, 1939-1940;
instructor psychology, Brown U., Providence, 1940-1942;
assistant professor, Brown U., Providence, 1945-1948;
associate professor, Brown U., Providence, 1949-1951;
professor, Brown U., Providence, 1951-1965;
Florence Pirce Grant U. professor, Brown U., 1960;
visiting professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1958-1959;
visiting professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1963;
national Sigma Xi lectr, 1963;
vice president, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1965-1978;
professor, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1965-1980;
Vincent and Brooke Astor professor, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1980-1983;
professor emeritus, Rockefeller U., 1983-1994. Chairman division behavioral science National Research Council, 1962-1964. Chairman 17th International Congress Psychology, 1963.
Member Executive Committee International Union Psychological Sciences, 1966-1972. Chairman of the section experimental psychology and animal behavior International Union Biological Sciences, 1969-1976. Chairman of Commission olfaction and taste International Union Physiological Sciences, 1971-1977.
Board fellows Brown U., 1968-1982. Served to commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow American Psychological Association (president division experimental psychology 1956-1957, Distinguished Science Contribution award 1963, William James fellow 1989), American Psychological Society, United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Acads.
Science (Cooperation medallion), American Academy Artsand Sciences. Member NAS, American Philosophical Society, Society Experimental Psychologists (Howard Crosby Warren medal for research psychology 1960), American Physiological Society, Eastern Psychological Association (president 1958-1959).
Married Hortense Louise Brooks, December 26, 1939. Children: Ellen Anne, Charles Brooks (deceased), William Sage.