Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
In 1936 Frederic Mather Lord graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelor's degree in sociology.
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
In 1951 Frederic Mather Lord obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in psychology from Princeton University.
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
In 1936 Frederic Mather Lord graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelor's degree in sociology.
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
In 1951 Frederic Mather Lord obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in psychology from Princeton University.
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1968
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Frederic Mather Lord was born on November 12, 1912, in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. His father, Frederick Pomeroy Lord, was a professor of anatomy at the Dartmouth Medical School. His great-great-grandfather, Nathan Lord, was Dartmouth College's sixth president, serving from 1828 to 1863. His mother, Jeanette, was a suffragette.
In 1936 Frederic Mather Lord graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelor's degree in sociology. He later earned a master's degree in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in psychology from Princeton University in 1951.
In 1944, Frederic Mather Lord joined the graduate record office of the Carnegie Foundation, a precursor to the testing service, first as a research assistant and later as its assistant director. Lord joined the fledgling Educational Testing Service, the developer of the College Board exams, in March 1949 as director of statistical analysis. He stayed for 33 years. Though Dr. Lord officially retired from the testing service in 1982, while his work there continued until 1985.
Lord also taught psychology at a number of institutions, including the University of Wisconsin and Princeton University. He authored three books and numerous journal articles on the subject of testing. His first book, A Theory of Test Scores, was published in 1952, and Statistical Theories of Mental Test Scores, a pioneering book he co-wrote with Melvin R. Novick, was released in 1968.
Frederic Mather Lord was called the "Father of Modern Testing" by the National Council on Measurement in Education. The mathematical models he designed to allow comparison of students’ test results had far-reaching effects; examinations such as the Graduate Record Exam and the Law School Admissions Test reflect his work to this day. The SAT, GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test), and TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) are all based on Lord's research.
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1968Frederic Mather Lord spent much of his later years tending his beloved orchids and playing bridge. He was a bridge life master.
Frederic Mather Lord was married twice. He had three sons with his first wife: Steven, John, Eric. His second wife was Muriel Kendall. Frederic also had three stepchildren: Conrad M. Bessemer, Robert H. Bessemer, and Diane Carnegie Osborne.
