Background
Haggerty, Melvin Everett was born on January 17, 1875 in Bunker Hill, Indiana, United States. Son of John Wright and Phoebe Ellen (Hann) Haggerty.
Haggerty, Melvin Everett was born on January 17, 1875 in Bunker Hill, Indiana, United States. Son of John Wright and Phoebe Ellen (Hann) Haggerty.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1902, Master of Arts, 1907. Student of University of Chicago, 1904. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1909, Doctor of Philosophy, 1910.
Teacher in high schools Indiana and Massachusetts, 1902-1909. Assistant in philosophy, Harvard, Radcliffe, 1909-1910. Assistant professor and professor psychology, Indiana University, 1910-1915.
Professor educational psychology, University of Minnesota, since 1915.
Lecturer on educational psychology, Teachers College (Columbia), 1917. Dean College of Education, University of Minnesota, 1920.
Major Sanitary corpus, United States army, January 1918-March 1919. Stationed in Surgeon, General’ General’ General’ s Office and identified with reëducation of disabled soldiers.
Lieutenant colonel O.R.C. Director division of tests and measurements, Virginia Education Commission, 1919.
Same, North Carolina School Survey, 1920. New York State School Survey, 1921. Chairman University of Minnesota Committee on Education Research, since 1924.
Member of the board of trustees College of Saint Catherine.
Married Laura Caroline Garretson, June 26, 1902. Children: Helen Ruth, Margaret Elizabeth (Mistress Norman Anderson), William James.