Background
Spence, Kenneth Wartinbee was born on May 6, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William James and Mary E. (Wartinbee) Spence.
Spence, Kenneth Wartinbee was born on May 6, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William James and Mary E. (Wartinbee) Spence.
Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Master of Arts, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1933.
; children—Shirley, William James. Married second, Janet A. Taylor, December 26, 1960. National Research Council fellow, Yale, 1933-1934.
Research assistant in psychology, Yale, 1934-1937.
Assistant professor psychology, University of Virginia, 1937-1938. Associate professor psychology, U. Iowa, 1938-1942, professor and head department psychology, 1942-1964.
Professor department psychology U. Texas, Austin, 1964-1967. Silliman lecturer, Yale, 1955.
Member American, Midwestern psychological associations, National Academy Science, Society Experimental Psychologists, Sigma Xi. Club: Triangle (Iowa City).
Married Isabel Ruth Temte, June 15, 1927 (divorced 1960). Married second, Janet A. Taylor, December 26, 1960. Children: Shirley, William James.