Background
Sanford, Fillmore Hargrave was born on January 26, 1914 in Chatham, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Ryland and Margaret (Taylor) Sanford.
Sanford, Fillmore Hargrave was born on January 26, 1914 in Chatham, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Ryland and Margaret (Taylor) Sanford.
Student Hargrave Military Academy, Chatham, Virginia, 1929-1931. Bachelor of Arts, University of Richmond, 1935. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1937, Doctor of Philosophy, 1941.
Instructor psychology, Hofstra College, Hempstead, New York, 1940-1941, harvard, 1941-1943. Assistant professor psychology, U. Maryland, 1945-1948. Associate professor psychology, Haverford College, 1948-1950.
Continuing consultant, Institute for Research in Human Relations, Philadelphia, 1948-1950.
Consultant to various military and governmental research programs, 1945-1950. Executive secretary, American Psychological Association, Washington, 1950-1956.
Associate director Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956-1957. Professor department of psychology University of Texas, 1957-1964, chairman, 1958-1960.
Dean division Social Sciences, professor psychology New College, Sarasota, Florida, 1964-1965.
Professor psychology Macalester College, 1965. Professor of psychology University Texas, Austin, since 1966. Editor Contemporary Psychology, since 1962.
President American Board Examiners in Professional Psychology, 1956-1959.
Served as Lieutenant (aviation psychologist), United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Fellow American Psychological Association. Member Sigma Xi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Ann Lawrence Snow, June 29, 1940. Children: Sarah Ann, Margaret, Thomas, Mary, John, David, Robert.