Background
Lasswell, Harold Dwight was born on February 13, 1902 in Donnellson, Illinois, United States. Son of Linden Downey and Anna (Prather) Lasswell.
Lasswell, Harold Dwight was born on February 13, 1902 in Donnellson, Illinois, United States. Son of Linden Downey and Anna (Prather) Lasswell.
Graduate universities
Assistant department political science University of Chicago, 1922-1924, instructor, 1924-1927, assistant professor, 1927-1932, associate professor, 1932-1938. Political scientist Washington School Psychiatry, 1938-1939. Director war communications research Library Congress, Washington, 1939-1945.
Professor of law Yale, since 1946, professor of law and political science, 1952-1961, Edward J. Phelps professor of law and political science, 1961-1971, emeritus, 1971-1978, Ford Foundation professor of law and social science, 1971-1978.
Fellow Branford College, 1946-1978. Professor John Jay College Criminal Justice, New York City, 1970-1973, Temple University, 1973-1975, 75-78.
Company-chairman Policy Sciences Center, New York City Visiting professor Syracuse (New York) University, 1926, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1929, University of California, 1935, Yenching University, 1937, Tokyo, 1955. Visiting Sterling lecturer School Law, New Haven, 1938-1945.
Lecturer New School for Social Research, New York, 1939-1946.
Visiting professor U. Patna (India), U. Santiago (Chile). Fellow Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, since 1954, Social Science Research Council, 1928-1929.
Member research advisory board Committee for Economics Development. Fellow World Academy Art and Science, National Academy Sciences. Member American Society International Law (president 1970-1972), American Economics Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Political Science Association (president 1955-1956), American Sociological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).