Background
Freeman, Graydon Laverne was born on August 30, 1904 in LaGrange, Ohio, United States. Son of G. Simeon and Lena (Goodman) Freeman.
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Graydon Laverne Freeman
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Bachelor of Engineering, Cortland State College, 1923. Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, 1925. Master of Arts, Cornell University, 1927.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1929.
Career
High school principal, Marathon, New York, 1926-1927. Sage research fellow, Edminster tutor Cornell University, 1928-1929. Fellow National Research Foundation, Yale, 1930-1931.
Successively instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, professor psychology Northwestern University, 1932-1945. Laboratory director psycho-physiology, director general education University College, 1937-1942. Visiting professor New School Social Research, 1949.
President Century House Publishers, 1949-1969. National syndicated lecturer W. Colston Leigh Bureau, 1952-1958. Director retirement research United States Public Health Service.
Also professor Western Reserve University, 1955-1957. Executive director American Life Foundation and Study Institute, Watkins Glen, New York, 1959-1970. President Prang Mark Society.
Visiting fellow Medical Research Council, Applied Medical Psychology Unit, Cambridge and London University, England, 1962.
Achievements
Membership
Participant President Eisenhower's People to People project Served as Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945. Director naval officer procurement, service school selection.
Connections
Married Ruth La Zear Sunderlin, June 22, 1929(deceased May, 1995). Children: James La Zear, John Crosby, Peter Sunderlin.
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