Background
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton was born on March 11, 1880 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. Son of George Hamilton and Deborah Jane (Ross) Laughlin.
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Harry Hamilton Laughlin
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Bachelor of Science, North Missouri State Normal School, 1900. Master of Science, Princeton, 1916, Doctor of Science, 1917. Honorary Doctor of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1936.
Career
Teacher agriculture, North Missouri State Normal School, 1907-1910. Superintendent Eugenics Record Office (division of Department of Genetics of Carnegie Institution Washington) from its organization, October 1, 1910, until January 1, 1921, in charge 1921-1940. Eugenics expert for Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, House of Republican, 1921-1931.
Eugenics associate Psychopathic Laboratory, Municipal Court, Chicago, 1921-1930.
United States immigration agent to Europe, Department of Labor, 1923-1924. In charge of researches on the genetics of the thoroughbred horse since 1923.
Member Permanent Emigration Committee of International Labor Office of the League of Nations, Geneva, 1925. Director Survey of Human Resources of Connecticut, 1936-1938.
Captain of New York Home Defense Reserve, 1917-1919.
Achievements
Membership
Member Galton Society, Eugenics Research Association (sec -treasurer, 1917-1939). Member International communications of Eugenics since 1921.
Connections
Married Pansy Bowen, September 13, 1902.
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Nationality
American