Background
Boswell, Guy Thomas was born on January 21, 1891 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of William Mann and Malissa Mary (Harritt) Boswell.
Boswell, Guy Thomas was born on January 21, 1891 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of William Mann and Malissa Mary (Harritt) Boswell.
AB, York College, 1913. Doctor of Laws, York College, 1946. AM, University Chicago, 1916.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1926. Doctor of Laws, University Nebraska, 1948.
Instructor education, York College, 1916-1918;
assistant professor educational psychology, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1919-1920;
assistant professor educational psychology, University of Chicago, 1920-1923;
associate professor, University of Chicago, 1924-1926;
professor, University of Chicago, 1927-1949;
professor educational psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1949-1958;
then professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley. Special assistant to dean School Education, University of California, 1963-1964. Visiting professor Johns Hopkins University, 1958.
Executive secretary American Ednl. Research Association, 1960-1962. Recipient citation for research on reading International Reading Association, 1963.
Member American Psychological Association (president division educational psychology 1954), Educational Research Association (president 1953), Society College Teachers Education, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Eva May Stuckey, 1917. Children: Margaret Mary, John Thomas.