Background
Porter, James Pertice was born on September 23, 1873 in Hillsboro, Indiana, United States. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth (Marksbury) Porter.
Porter, James Pertice was born on September 23, 1873 in Hillsboro, Indiana, United States. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth (Marksbury) Porter.
Student Normal School, Terre Haute, 1890-1891, 1892-1893. Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1898, Master of Arts, 1901. Honorary fellow Clark University, 1903-1907, Doctor of Philosophy, 1906.
Doctor of Science, Waynesburg College, 1917.
Instructor psychology Indiana University, 1900-1903. Assistant professor psychology Clark College, 1907-1912, professor psychology, 1912-1922, dean of faculty, 1909-1922. Professor psychology Ohio University, 1922-1943, professor emeritus, 1943.
Instructor psychological University of Illinois Extension, Danville, Illinois, 1948.
With Adjunct General’ General’ General’ s Office, New York 1944. Has made special studies of the English sparrow, of spiders, and of intelligence and imitation in birds, human intelligence and personality.
Lecturer educational, psychology, Columbia, 1913-1914. Captain, Sanitary Corps United States Army, 1918.
Major Roman Catholic
Member American, Midwestern (president 1941-1942) psychological associations, National Education Association, International Congress of Zoology, American Association Applied Psychologists, Sigma Chi, Phi Beta Kappa. Member International Congress of Psychology and Psycho-technique, Paris, 1927.
Married Myrta Wayne Brown, December 24, 1895. Children: Ernest C. (deceased), Helen, Marjorie.