Background
Johnson, Harry Miles was born on May 16, 1885 in Nelson, Missouri, United States. Son of Daniel H. and Virginia (Reeder) Johnson.
Johnson, Harry Miles was born on May 16, 1885 in Nelson, Missouri, United States. Son of Daniel H. and Virginia (Reeder) Johnson.
Bachelor of Arts, Missouri Valley College, Marshall, 1909. Fellow Johns Hopkins, 1911-1912, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912, Doctor of Laws, 1947. Graduate study University of Chicago, 1911.
Assistant psychologist Nela Research Laboratory, Cleveland, 1912-1913, associate psychologist, 1914-1916, psychologist, 1916-1918. Research with B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, 1920-1921. Lecturer psychology University of Minnesota, 1921-1923.
Assistant professor psychology Ohio State University, 1923-1925.
Senior fellow, Mellon Institute U. Pittsburgh, 1925-1932. Professor psychology Graduate School, American University, Washington, 1931-1936.
Associate Highway Research Board, National Research Council, 1936-1938. Professor and department chairman psychology, Tulane University, 1938-1947, John Madison Fletcher research professor psychology, 1947-1950, professor emeritus, research consultant industrial psychology, since 1950.
Visiting professor summers, University of Virginia, 1932-1933, 1935, University of California, Los Angeles, 1941, University of North Carolina, 1947, Cornell, 1948, U. Pittsburgh, 1949.
Served from Lieutenant to captain Sanitary corpus, United States army, 1918-1920. chief of psychology section AS Medical Research Laboratory, 1919-1920. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, National Institute Psychology, Society Experimental Psychology, American Association for Applied Psychology, American Statistical Association, Southern Society for Psychology and Philosophy (president 1931-1932), National Research Council (served as. Clubs: Cosmos, Round Table.
Married Mary Ethel Johnston, August 21, 1912.