Background
Cohen, Louis David was born on November 26, 1912 in Brooklyn. Son of Gutman and Lillie (Kolko) Cohen.
Cohen, Louis David was born on November 26, 1912 in Brooklyn. Son of Gutman and Lillie (Kolko) Cohen.
Bachelor of Science, Brooklyn College, 1934. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1936. Postgraduate, New York University, 1939.
Postgraduate, School Public Health, University Minnesota, 1969. Postgraduate, Cambridge, (England) University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1949.
Head psychologist New York City Penitentiary, 1936-1938. Director classification, education and welfare Indiana State Farm, Greencastle, 1938-1942. Associate clinical psychology to professor psychology and medical psychology Duke, 1946-1962.
Professor, chairman department clinical psychology University Florida, Gainesville, 1962-1976, professor clinical psychology and psychology, 1976-1981, professor emeritus, from 1981. Member review committee special and experimental training branch National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, 1965-1969, chairman, 1968-1969. Member Florida Board Examiners Psychology, 1965-1967, Commission on Mental Illness and Retardation, Southern Regional Education Board, 1963-1968, chairman, 1966-1968.
Consultant field selection office Peace Corps, 1962-1968. Consultant VA, Washington. Member advisory committee psychology Florida Division Vocational Rehabilitation, 1969-1973, chairman, 1972-1973.
Member Council University Directors Clinical Psychology, 1975-1979, chairman, 1976-1978. Board directors National Register Health Service Providers in Psychology, 1974-1984.
Board directors B'nai Israel Synagogue, Gainesville, Florida, president, 1964-1967. Board directors North Central Florida Community Mental Health Center, Gainesville, since 1979, president, 1980-1983, 84–, secretary, 1983-1984. Served from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1946.
Fellow American Psychological Association (education and training board 1974-1979, chairman since 1976, council of representatives 1969-1972, 80-84, Distinguished Contribution award 1984), American Public Health Association. Member North Carolina Psychological Association (president), National Academies Practice (Distinguished Practitioner), Southeastern Psychological Association (president 1964-1965), Florida Psychological Association (president 1979-1980).
Married Tina Simon, June 28, 1936. Children: Myra Cohen Dey, Beth Cohen Shubert.