Background
Gibson, James J. was born on January 27, 1904 in McConnelsville, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas Benton and Mary Gertrude (Stanbery) Gibson.
Gibson, James J. was born on January 27, 1904 in McConnelsville, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas Benton and Mary Gertrude (Stanbery) Gibson.
Bachelor of Science, Princeton, 1925, Master of Arts, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1928. Doctor of Science, Edinburgh U. (Scotland), 1973. Doctor of Philosophy honorary, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1976.
Instructor to associate professor psychology Smith College, 1928-1949. Research associate Yale, 1935-1936. Professor psychology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1949-1972, department chairman, 1961-1964.
Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1954-1955, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973, University of California, Davis, 1978.
Visiting scientist Salk Institute, Louisiana Jolla, California, 1979. Senior Fulbright research scholar U. Oxford, 1955-1956.
Member Institute Advanced Study, 1958-1959. Fellow Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1963-1964.
Director research unit American Advertising Federation Aviation Psychology Program, 1942-1946.
Served from captain lieutenant colonel United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow American Psychological Association (Science Contribution award 1961, president division III 1954-1955, president division X 1958-1959). Member Society Experimental Psychologists, Society for Psychological Study Social Issues, American Association of University Professors, National Academy Sciences, Eastern Psychological Association (president 1959-1960), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Eleanor Grier Jack, September 17, 1932. Children: James Jerome, Jean Grier.