Background
Landis, Carney was born on January 11, 1897 in W. Alexandria, Ohio, United States. Son of Byron Adam and Clara Eleanor (Carney) Landis.
Landis, Carney was born on January 11, 1897 in W. Alexandria, Ohio, United States. Son of Byron Adam and Clara Eleanor (Carney) Landis.
Student Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1916-1917. Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1921. Master of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1922.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1924.
Doctor of Science, Antioquita University 1948.
Jean; married second, Laura Brownell, May 31, 1940. Instructor psychology, Dartmouth, 1921-1922, University of Minnesota, 1923-1924. National Research Council fellow, University of Minnesota, 1924-1925, University of London, 1925-1926.
Research investigator, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1926.
Assistant professor psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1926-1928, associate professor, 1928-1930. Psychologist, Behavior Research Fund, Chicago, 1929.
Research associate psychology, Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, New York City, 1930-1938. Lecturer psychology, New York University, 1930-1931, Harvard, summer 1936, University of California, Los Angeles summer, 1949.
Walker-Ames visiting professor University of Washington (Seattle), 1951.
Assistant professor psychology Columbia University, 1932-1938, associate professor, 1938-1943, professor since 1943. Principal research psychologist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1938-1958, chief research psychologist, since 1958. Honorary professor National University, Colombia, 1948.
Director Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Incorporated., 1956-1958.
Director Foundation for Cultural Action, 1958-1960.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, New York Academy Medicine. Member American Physiological Society Eastern Psychological assosiation, New York State Psychology Association (Vice-President 1941), Society Explt. Psychology (chairman 1942-1952), Committee for Study of Sex Variants (treasurer since 1936), Harvey Society, American Geography Society of New York, National Research Council (division anthropological and psychological, 1938-1941, 1949-1951), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Clubs: Men's Faculty (Columbia).
Married Agnes Thorson, June 4, 1926. Married second, Laura Brownell, May 31, 1940.