Background
Aiken, Henry David was born on July 3, 1912 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Frank Bethel and Miriam (Boskowitz) Aiken.
Aiken, Henry David was born on July 3, 1912 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Frank Bethel and Miriam (Boskowitz) Aiken.
1 son, David.
1 son, David; married Helen Rowland Geer, November 17, 1958. Children—Paula Hume, Henry David. Bachelor of Arts, Reed College, 1935.
Master of Arts, Stanford, 1937.
Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard. Doctor of Humane Letters, Ripon College, 1969.
Associate Columbia, 1944-1945. Assistant professor of University Washington, 1945-1946.
Associate professor Harvard, 1946-1954, professor philosophy, 1954-1965.
Professor philosophy and history of ideas Brandeis University, 1965-1967, Charles Goldman professor philosophy, 1967-1980, emeritus, from 1980. Visiting professor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1953, 67. Author: The Age of Ideology, 1955, Reason and Conduct, 1962, The Predicament of the University, 1971.
Contributing author: Value: A Cooperative Inquiry, 1950.
Company-editor: Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, 1962. Book editor: Journal Philosophy, 1945-1952.
Consultant editor: Philosophical Review, 1950-1954, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, from 1974. Contributor articles to professional, literature journals Guggenheim fellow, 1960-1961.
Alfred North Whitehead fellow Harvard, 1968-1969.
Member American Society Political and Legal Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, American Psychological Association, American Society Aesthetics, Hume Association.
Married Jean Flagler Scott. Married Lillian Woodworth, February 17, 1951. Married Helen Rowland Geer, November 17, 1958.
Children: Katharine, Perry.