Background
Harrington, Gordon MacKenzie was born on April 12, 1925 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Gordon and Margaret LeClere (Shaw) Harrington.
Neurobehavioral sciences professor
Harrington, Gordon MacKenzie was born on April 12, 1925 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Gordon and Margaret LeClere (Shaw) Harrington.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1952.
Draftsman, Hydro Electric Power Commission, Toronto, Canada, 1941-1942; instructor mathematics, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1948-1949; minister, All Souls Church, New London, Connecticut, 1948-1949; research associate, Ednl. Research Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951-1952; research consultant, Connecticut State Department of Education, Hartford, 1952-1957; associate professor psychology, Wilmington (Ohio) College, 1957-1960; associate professor psychology, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa., 1960-1963; professor psychology, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, since 1963; professor psychology and psychiatry School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1987-1989. Consultant National Research Council, Federal American Society of Experimental Biology, National Science Foundation, National Library of Medicine, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Mental Health.
Vice president Library Board, South Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1954-1957. Chairperson Human Rights Commission, Cedar Falls, 1974-1984. Treasurer Iowa Civil Liberties Union, 1978-1984.
Member Civil Svc. Commission, Cedar Falls, 1974-1984. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society. Member American Statistical Association (Connecticut chapter president 1953-1957), Behavior Genetics Association (commission on ethics since 1982), Institute Mathematics Statistical (commission on training 1952-1957), University Club Detroit.
Married Judith Ellen Finkel, March 26, 1966 (divorced 1988). Children: Bruce Kenneth, Dana Scot, Marc Gordon.
