Background
Rand, Gertrude was born on October 29, 1886 in New York, New York, United States. Daughter of Lyman Fiske and Mary Catherine (Moench) Rand.
Rand, Gertrude was born on October 29, 1886 in New York, New York, United States. Daughter of Lyman Fiske and Mary Catherine (Moench) Rand.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1908. Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr, 1911. Doctor of Science, Wilson College, Pennsylvania, 1943.
Research fellow Bryn Mawr, 1911-1912, Sarah Berliner research fellow, 1912-1913. Demonstrator and reader in experimental and educational psychology, same College, 1913-1914, and associate in experimental and applied psychology, 1914-1925. Demonstrator in experimental psychology and research assistant, National research Council’s Committee on Industrial Lighting, 1925-1927.
Associate professor of research ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, 1928-1932, associate professor physiological optics, 1932-1936.
Associate director Research Laboratory of Physiological Optics, Baltimore, Maryland., 1936-1943. Research associate in ophthalmology on Knapp Foundation, College Physicians and Surgical, Columbia University, 1943-1957.
Consultant Knapp Memorial Laboratory, College of Physcians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1957-1970.
Member Armed Forces National Research Council Vision Committee, subcommittee on Color Vision and Illumination Standards. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, Illuminating Engineering Society (Gold medal 1963), Optical Society of America, American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (honorary). Member of New York State Psychological Association, American Institute Physics, University professors, American Association University Women, Inter Society Color Council (color blindness committee), International Council Women Psychologists.
Member of advisory committee and commission on Vision Testing Procedures, National Society for Prevention Blindness.
Clubs: Cosmopolitan (New York) Oldfield (Long Island), Women's Faculty (Columbia).
Married Clarence Errol Ferree, September 28, 1918 (died 1942).