Background
Stanley,, Julian Cecil was born on July 9, 1918 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Julian Cecil and Ethel (Cheney) Stanley.
Stanley,, Julian Cecil was born on July 9, 1918 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Julian Cecil and Ethel (Cheney) Stanley.
Bachelor of Science, Georgia Southern University, 1937. Master of Education, Harvard University, 1946. Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1950.
Doctor of Educational Excellence (honorary), University North Texas, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), State University of West Georgia, 1997.
Teacher Fulton and West Fulton High Schools, Atlanta, 1937—1942. Instructor psychology Newton (Massachusetts) Junior College, 1946—1948. Instructor education Harvard University, 1948—1949.
Associate professor educational psychology George Peabody College Teachers, 1949—1953, associate professor education, 1953—1957, professor education, 1957—1962, professor educational psychology, 1962—1967, chairman department, 1962—1963. Founding director laboratory experimental design University Wisconsin, Madison, 1961—1967. Professor education and psychology Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1967—1971, professor psychology, 1971—1999, founding director study mathematically precocious youth, 1971—2005, professor emeritus, 1999—2005.
Member research advisory council Cooperative Research Branch, United States Office Education, 1962—1964. Member committee examiners for aptitude tests College Entrance Examination Board, 1961—1965, chairman, 1965—1968. Member research committee Educational Testing Service, 1962—1967.
Fellow Social Science Research Council Institute of Mathematics for Social Scientists University Michigan, summer, 1955. Postdoctoral fellow statistics University Chicago, 1955—1956. Fulbright research scholar University Louvain, Belgium, 1958—1959.
Fulbright lecturer New Zealand and Australia, 1974. Consultant University Western Australia, 1980. Fellow Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science, 1965—1967, visiting scholar, 1983.
Honorary professor Shanghai (People's Republic of China) Teachers University. Distinguished teacher Commission on Presidential Scholars, 1987, 92. Visiting professor University Georgia, 1947, University Hawaii, 1960, Harvard University, 1963, University North Texas, 1990, University New South Wales, 1992.
Member advisory board Texas Academy Mathematics and Science, 1988—1999. Trustee Center for Excellence in Education, 1989—1993, Advanced Academy Georgia, from 1999, Georgia Academy Mathematics Engineering and Science, 1996—2001. Consultant Center for Talented Youth, from 1998.
Lecturer Esther Katz Rosen, 2002, Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Series, 2005.
Served with United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1945. Fellow American Psychological Association (president division educational psychology 1965-1966, division evaluation and measurement 1972-1973, Thorndike award for distinguished psychological contributions to education 1978, division evaluation and measurement Lifetime Contribution award 1997, division general psychology George Miller award 1999), American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Association Gifted Children (Ann Isaacs award 2004), American Statistical Association, American Psychological Society (J. McKeen Cattell award 1994) American Psychological Foundation, 2002. Member National Council Measurement Education (president 1963-1964), American Educational Research Association (president 1966-1967, award for distinguished contributions to research in education 1980), National Association for Gifted Children (Second vice president 1977-1979, Distinguished Scholar award 1982), Psychometric Society (past director), American Association of University Professors (past chapter president), Tennessee Psychological Association (past president), National Academy Education, Phi Beta Kappa (past chapter president), Phi Beta Kappa Associates, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Rose Roberta Sanders, August 18, 1946 (deceased November 1978). 1 child, Susan Roberta Willhoft. Married Barbara Sprague Kerr, January 1, 1980 (deceased May 2001), married Dorothy Lee Fahey, Oct.19, 2002.