Background
Rodnick, Eliot Herman was born on November 27, 1911 in New Haven. Son of Louis D. and Bertha (Caplan) Rodnick.
Rodnick, Eliot Herman was born on November 27, 1911 in New Haven. Son of Louis D. and Bertha (Caplan) Rodnick.
AB with high oration, Yale University, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1936.
Assistant research, Yale University, 1934-1936;
research psychologist, research service, Worcester (Massachusetts) Eastern State Hospital, 1936-1946;
director psychological research, chief psychologist, Worcester (Massachusetts) Eastern State Hospital, 1946-1949;
acting director, Worcester Child Guidance Clinic, 1946-1947;
instructor, Mount Holyoke College, 1939;
assistant professor psychology, Clark University, 1942-1946;
associate professor, Clark University, 1946-1949;
visiting lecturer summer session, University of Wisconsin, 1949;
visiting lecturer summer session, Harvard University, 1952;
visiting lecturer summer session, U. Colorado, 1958;
professor psychology, director clinical training psychology, Duke U., 1949-1961;
department chairman psychology, Duke U., 1951-1961;
professor psychology, director clinical training psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961-1979;
professor emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1979. Consultant psychologist VA, 1949-1979, member central office advising committee to chief, department psychiatry and neurology, 1957-1961. Member mental health study section National Institutes of Health, 1954-1957, behavorial science study section, 1957, mental health projects review commission, 1957-1960, chairman special mental health grants review committee, 1960-1962.
Board directors Los Angeles Psychiatric Service, 1961-1966, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Center, 1973-1982, California School Professional Psychology, 1981-1983. Consultant California Department Mental Hygiene. Member commission on research training in biological science National Institute Mental Health, 1962-1966, chairman, 1965-1966.
Member mental health council Western Commission Higher Education, 1961-1966. Advising committee abuse of stimulant and depressant drugs Food and Drug Administration, 1966-1968. Science advising committee on drug abuse unites states department Justice, 1968-1975.
Cons. Narcotics Control Commission New York, 1969-1975. Consultant California School Professional Psychology.
Trustee California School Professional Psychology, 1981-1983. Commissioned officer United States Public Health Service Reserve. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association (board directors 1962-1965, Distinguished Contribution to Clinical Psychology award 1976), Western Psychological Association (president 1966-1967), American Psychological Society (James McKeen Cattell fellow award), California Psychological Association (Distinguished Science Contributions in Psychology award 1975), Los Angeles County Psychological Association, North Carolina Psychological Association (past president), American Orthopsychiat.
Association (board directors 1966-1969, president 1967-1968). Member Cosmos Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Helen Percival Hollander, November 20, 1940. Children: Jonathan Eliot, Marion Percival Rodnick Bell.