Background
Truscott, Ida Prouty was born on October 1, 1915 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Shirley Brooks and Grace Elizabeth (McKenzie) Prouty.
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Ida Prouty Truscott
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Bachelor, State University Iowa, 1940; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Cincinnati, 1966.
Career
Intern, Iowa Department Social Welfare, Des Moines, 1940-1941; intern, Butler County Guidance/Mental Health Clinic, Hamilton, Ohio., 1958-1959; research psychologist, Harvard Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1944-1945; staff psychologist, New York University Testing Advisement Center, New York City, 1945-1946; staff psychologist, Longview Eastern State Hospital, Cincinnati, 1966-1967; instructor, U. Cincinnati, 1960-1965; assistant professor, Xavier U., Cincinnati, 1966-1967; contract psychologist, Rollman Psychiatric Institute, Cincinnati, 1967-1975; private practice, Cincinnati, now Aspen, Colorado, 1975-1977, 79-. Member of faculty Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, 1978-1990. Psychologist, dir.Response, Aspen, since 1983.
Achievements
Membership
Co-founder Aspen Women's Forum, 1981. Founder Response, Help for Battered Women and Sexual Assault Survivors, Aspen, since 1983. Board directors Aspen Community Center, 1978-1982, Aspen Council, 1981-1986.
Member APA, Colorado Psychological Association, Colorado Women Psychologists, Colorado Society.Psychologists in Private Practice, Human Resource Association, Association Women inPsychology, International Transactional Analysis Association, League of Women Voters, Mayflower Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Interests
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Married Harry Austin Truscott, January 2, 1942. Children: Leigh Truscott Weatherwax, Al McKenzie.
