Background
Payne, Maxwell Carr was born on February 9, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Carr and Mary Evans (Tarpley) Payne.
Payne, Maxwell Carr was born on February 9, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Carr and Mary Evans (Tarpley) Payne.
AB, Vanderbilt University, 1949; AM, Princeton University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1951.
Research associate, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1951-1954;
assistant professor psychology, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1954-1960;
associate professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1961-1965;
professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1965-1990;
retired, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1991. Consultant Lockheed-Georgia Company, Marietta, 1963. Testing director Aircrew Center, American Institutions Research, Atlanta, 1960-1975.
Faculty Atlanta School Art, 1970. Member Georgia State Board Examiners of Pyschologists, 1970-1974.
Sunday School teacher Northside United Methodist Church, Atlanta, since 1989. With United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Psychological Association, Georgia Psychological Association (Certified of Merit), Southeastern Psychological Association, Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology(treasurer 1971-1974, president 1985-1986), Georgia Institute Technology Faculty Club (pres.1970), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Juanita Campbell, October 17, 1958. Children: Maxwell Carr III, Elizabeth Campbell McKinney, Mary Allison Klausner.