Donald George Marquis

Background

Marquis, Donald George was born on June 22, 1908 in Two Harbors, Minnesota, United States. Son of William James and Lillian (Holliday) Marquis.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Stanford 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1932.

Career

National Research Council fellow Yale School Medicine, 1932-1933. Instructor psychology Yale, 1933-1935, associate professor psychology, 1938-1945, department chairman psychology, director psychological laboratory, 1941-1945. Rockefeller fellow neurology University of Oxford and London University, 1935-1936.

Professor psychology, department chairman University of Michigan, 1945-1957.

With Social Science Research Council, 1957-1959. Professor Sloan School Management, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1959-1973.

Director National Research Council Office of Psychological Personnel, 1943-1945, executive secretary, Armed Forces-National Research Council vision committee, 1944-1951. Chairman of Commission on human resources Research and Development Board, unites states department Defense, 1947-1950.

President American Board Examiners Professional Psychology, 1953-1957.

Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1955-1960, 67-70. Member National Advisory Mental Health Council, 1956-1960. Trustee Antioch College, 1952-1956.

Achievements

• Donald George Marquis has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Academy Arts and Science (council 1966-1971), American Psychological Association (president 1947), Society Experimental Psychologists, New England Psychological Association (president 1970), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Peggy L. Cook, February 7, 1959. Children by former marriage: Kent Hammond, William James.

Father:

William James Marquis

Mother:

Lillian (Holliday) Marquis

Spouse:

Peggy L. Cook