Background
Grant, David Alexander was born on May 17, 1916 in Des Moines. Son of Alexander Haswell and Charlotte Elizabeth (David) Grant.
Grant, David Alexander was born on May 17, 1916 in Des Moines. Son of Alexander Haswell and Charlotte Elizabeth (David) Grant.
Student Kansas City Junior College, 1934-1936. Bachelor of Arts, State University Iowa, 1938. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1939.
Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford, 1941.
Professor psychology University of Wisconsin, 1948-1977, Clark L. Hull research professor psychology, 1967-1977, department chairman, 1950-1954, from 1970. Visiting professor psychology University of California at Berkeley, 1959-1960. Lecturer Northwestern University, 1948, Stanford, 1949, Columbia, 1953, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Southern California, 1955.
Member section psychology-anthropology, National Research Council, 1957-1959. Fellow American Psychological Association (president experimental psychology division 1961). Member American Statistical Association, Psychometric Society, Institute Mathematics Statistics, Society Experimental Psychologists, Midwestern (secretary-treasurer 1949-1952, president 1953), Wisconsin (Executive Committee) psychological associations, Psychonomic Society (governing board 1960-1966, chairman governing board 1965).
Clubs: Sierra.
Married Mary Lucille Brodie, July 22, 1938. Children: Marjorie East. Skuldt, Douglas Henry, Edward Alexander.