Background
Chapman, Dwight Westley was born on June 4, 1905 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Son of Dwight Westley and Carrie Ethel (Carpenter) Chapman.
Chapman, Dwight Westley was born on June 4, 1905 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Son of Dwight Westley and Carrie Ethel (Carpenter) Chapman.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1927, Doctor of Philosophy, 1930. Sheldon Traveling fellow U. Leipzig, 1927-1928.
Instructor, tutor psychology Harvard, 1930-1936. Psychologist statistician, psychopathic clinic Recorder’s Court, Detroit, 1936-1937. Instructor psychology Columbia, 1937-1938.
Teacher psychology Bennington (Vermont) College, 1938-1942.
Study director, division program surveys Department Agriculture, 1942, research director, 1943-1944. Personnel assessment staff Office of Strategic Services, 1945.
Director national surveys division Office Civilian Requirements, 1946. Assistant research director Washington Post, 1946-1947.
Associate Washington School Psychiatry, 1947-1951.
Professor psychology, department chairman, Vassar College, 1952-1968, professor emeritus psychology, 1968-1973. Visiting professor psychology University of Michigan, 1951-1952. Panel director commission on human resources Research and Development Board, 1947-1948, deputy executive director, 1949, executive director, 1950-1952.
Company-Chairman of Commission on Disaster Studies, National Research Council, 1955-1957.
Member American Psychological Association, Society Psychological Study Social Issues. Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Harriet Nye, September 27, 1930. Married second, Elisabeth Halsted Bowie, June 30, 1942. Children: David Dwight, Judith Carpenter (Mistress Joseph Dixon), Michael Beverley.