Background
Shaffer, Laurance Frederic was born on August 12, 1903 in Johnstown, New York, United States. Son of Mathew Thomas and Ines (Vaissiere) Shaffer.
Shaffer, Laurance Frederic was born on August 12, 1903 in Johnstown, New York, United States. Son of Mathew Thomas and Ines (Vaissiere) Shaffer.
Bachelor of Science, Union College, 1924, Doctor of Laws, 1949. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1927, Doctor of Philosophy, 1930.
1 son, Warren Frederic. Teacher mathematics Kingsley School, Essex Fells, New Jersey, 1924-1926. Research associate Institute Ednl.
Research, Columbia Teachers College, 1926-1928, professor education, 1945-1968, head department guidance, 1945-1955, director doctoral studies, 1963-1964, associate dean, 1964-1968, professor emeritus psychology, 1968-1976.
Assistant professor to professor psychology Carnegie Institute Technology, 1928-1941, head bureau measurement and guidance, 1940-1941. Consultant clinical psychology Virginia, 1948-1963, National Institutes of Health, 1947-1955, 62-64.
Director Psychological Corporation, New York City, 1957-1975, Chairman of the Board, 1965-1970. Trustee American Psychological Foundation, 1953-1959, president 1955-1956.
Author: Children’s Interpretations of Cartoons, 1930. The Psychology of Adjustment, 1936, review edit. (with E.J. Shoben, Junior), 1956.
Co-author: Child Psychology, 1937. Fields of Psychology, 1940, review, 1950, 66. Psychology, 1940
Foundations of Psychology, 1948.
Editor Journal Cons. Psychology, 1947-1958.
Served from major to colonel United States Army Air Force, 1941-1945. Fellow American Psychological Association (president 1952-1953), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Dorothy Rhodes, June 24, 1931.