Background
Worcester, Dean Amory was born on March 21, 1889 in Thetford, Vermont, United States. Son of George Steele and Ida Eldora (Kinney) Worcester.
Worcester, Dean Amory was born on March 21, 1889 in Thetford, Vermont, United States. Son of George Steele and Ida Eldora (Kinney) Worcester.
Bachelor of Arts Colorado, 1911. AM, University Colorado, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1926.
Student, University Chicago, 1942.
Supervisor district, Zamboanga, The Philippines, 1913-1914;
professor psychology, U. New Mexico, 1914-1918;
principal high school, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1918-1920;
assistant director, Bureau Ednl. Tests and Measurements, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, 1920-1921;
director, Bureau Ednl. Tests and Measurements, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, 1921-1924;
instructor psychology, Ohio State University, 1924-1926;
assistant professor, Ohio State University, summer 1926;
associate professor, Ohio U., 1926-1927;
associate professor educational psychology, U. Nebraska, 1927-1928;
professor, U. Nebraska, 1928-1957;
retired, U. Nebraska
department chairman, U. Nebraska, 1934-1956.
Visiting professor education University of Wisconsin, 1957-1961, 65-66, U. Arizona, 1961-1965. Served regents' inquiry into character and costs of education in State of New York, 1937. Professor United States Army U., Biarritz, France, 1945-1946, I. and E. division, Germany, 1946.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary section Q. 1945-1956), American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association. Member American Association of University Professors, American Interprofl. Institute, National Society College Teachers Education, Midwestern Psychological Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Elsie Rohwer, May 29, 1917. Children: Dean Amory, Evarts James, Catherine Elsie.