Background
POLLOCK, Horatio M. was born on September 2, 1868 in Patria, Schoharie Company, New York, United States. Son of Jesse W. and Mary Malvina (Daggett) Pollock.
POLLOCK, Horatio M. was born on September 2, 1868 in Patria, Schoharie Company, New York, United States. Son of Jesse W. and Mary Malvina (Daggett) Pollock.
Bachelor of Science, Union College, New York, 1895, Master of Science, 1897, Doctor of Laws, 1946. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, University Leipzig, 1897.
Senior examiner New York State Civil Service Commission, 1900-1907. Secretary Civic League of Albany, 1907-1911. Teacher economics State Normal College, Albany, 1907-1908.
Teacher sociology and economics Union College, 1908-1910. Director statistical bureau New York Department Mental Hygiene, 1911-1944, retired Associate editor American Education (monthly), 1905-1925. Editor Psychiatric Quarterly and predecessor The State Hospital Quarterly, 1915-1935, Mental Hygiene News, 1935-1943.
President New York Education Company, public American Education, 1912-1923. Organizer, 1908, and president New York State Teachers’ Bureau.
Associate editor American Education (monthly), 1905-1925. Editor Psychiatric Quarterly and predecessor The State Hospital Quarterly, 1915-1935, Mental Hygiene News, 1935-1943. President New York Education Company, public American Education, 1912-1923.Organizer, 1908, and president New York State Teachers’ Bur.
Fellow American Statistical Association (Vice-President 1933). Member National Committee for Mental Hygiene, International Committee on Mental Hygiene, American Association on Mental Deficiency (president 1942-1943), Medical Council United States Veterinary Bureau, Philosophical Society of Albany, Phi Gamma Delta, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Social and Political Science, Sigma Xi. Member American Psychiatric Association Cons. statistician with rank of First lieutenant Office Surgeon General of the Army, 1917.
Advisory statistician National Committee for Mental Hygiene, since 1916. Clubs: Torch, University.
Married Georgiana Shafer, September 18, 1895.; married second, Mary Culver, February 1, 1939. Children: Katherine Esther (deceased).