Nathan G. Hale Jr.

Background

Nathan G. Hale, Jr. was born on September 5, 1922 in Sacramento, California, United States. Son of Nathan G. and Harriett (Gerber) Hale.

Education

Hale graduated from Princeton University with his B.A. (summa cum laude) in 1947. Then he received Certificat d’histoire moderne et contemporaine from the University of Paris in 1948. Thereafter he graduated from the University of California in Berkeley with his M.A. in 1957 and Ph.D. in 1964.

Career

Hale served for the U.S. Army in Signal intelligence Service from 1943 until 1946, served in Australia, the Philippines, and Japan, became first lieutenant. He worked as lecturer in history at the University of California, Berkeley from 1965 till 1969. Then he was professor of history at the University of California, Riverside from 1970 until 1979, since 1979 he was professor emeritus. Between 1982 and 1983 Hale was visiting professor at Stanford University. Hale died on February 17, 2013 (aged 90) in Oroville, California, United States.

Achievements

• Hale was Woodrow Wilson fellow in France in 1947-1948, Guggenheim fellow in 1972-1973, fellow of the National Institute of Mental Health in 1977-1978.

Works

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  • James Jackson Putnam and Psychoanalysis: Letters Between Putnam and Sigmund Freud, Ernest Jones, William James, Sandor Ferenczi, and Morton Prince, 1877-1917 (A Commonwealth Fund Book)
  • Psychotherapy and Multiple Personality: Selected Essays
  • Emotional Illness: How Families Can Help
  • Freud in America. Freud and the Americans. The Beginnings of Psychoanalysis in the United States, 1876-1917. the Rise and Crisis of Psychoanalysis in the United States. Freud and the Americans 1917-1985. Two Volumes
  • The Rise and Crisis of Psychoanalysis in the United States: Freud and the Americans, 1917-1985 (Hale, Nathan G. Freud and the Americans, V. 2.)

Membership

Hale was a member of American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute (interdisciplinary member).

Interests

• Piano, classical music, horseback riding, swimming.

Connections

Hale married Ann W. on June 22, 1973. The couple had 2 children: David and Elizabeth.

Father:

Nathan G. Hale

Mother:

Harriett (Gerber) Hale

Spouse:

Ann W. Hale

child:

David Hale

child:

Elizabeth Hale