Background
Russell, David LAwson was born on April 1, 1921.
Russell, David LAwson was born on April 1, 1921.
Bachelor in Psychology with honors, Wesleyan University, 1942. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University Minnesota, 1953.
Administrative fellow Office Dean of Students, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1947. Teaching assistant department psychology University Minnesota, 1947-1948. Clinical fellow Student Counseling Bureau, 1948-1950.
Director student counseling Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1950-1959, instructor, 1950-1954, assistant professor psychology, 1954-1959. Associate professor Ohio University, 1959-1967, professor, 1967-1991, assistant chairman department psychology, 1968, chairman, 1969-1972, professor emeritus, from 1991. Visiting professor University New Hampshire, summer 1958.
Member faculty National Defense Education Act Counseling and Guidance Institute at Ohio University, 1961, 63, 65, 1966-1967. President Maine Psychological Association, 1956-1957. Chairman Maine Board Examiners Psychologists, 1959.
Consultant Division Undergraduate Education in Science, National Science Foundation, 1965, 70, 71. Secretary National Council College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Graduate Departments Psychology, 1971-1972.
Member Superintending School Committee, Topsham, Maine, 1953-1959, chairman, 1953-1954, 56-57, member school building committee, 1953-1955, committee chairman, 1953-1955. Secretary Joint-Committee Maine School Union 46, 1953-1959. Member Topsham Zoning Committee, 1956-1957.
Board directors United Srs. of Athens County, 1987-1991. Member advisory board Athens County Department Human Services, 1987-1994, president 1993-1994. Member Buckeye Hills—Hocking Valley Regional Development District area agency on aging, advisory council on aging, 1988-1994.
Member Athens County Council on Aging, 1988-1994, president, 1990-1993. Lieutenant United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1943-1952. Member American Association of University Professors, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Psychological Association, Midwestern Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Hocking Valley Audubon Society, Buckeye Trail Association, Vergilian Society, Athens League of Women Voters, Athens County Humane Society, Columbus Urban League, Orleans History Society, Ohio University Society Alumni Friends of College Arts and Sciences (executive secretary 1985-1990), Athens County History Society, Sierra Club, Appalachian Mountain Club, Sigma Xi (president Ohio University chapter 1972-1973), Psi Chi, Sigma Phi Omega.
Married Jean Williams. Children: David W., Nancy K.