Background
Guilford, Joy Paul was born on March 7, 1897 in Marquette, Nebraska, United States. Son of Edwin Augustus and Arvilla (Monroe) Guilford.
Guilford, Joy Paul was born on March 7, 1897 in Marquette, Nebraska, United States. Son of Edwin Augustus and Arvilla (Monroe) Guilford.
Bachelor of Arts Nebraska, 1922. AM, University Nebraska, 1924. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Nebraska, 1952.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1927. Doctor of Science, University Southern California, 1962.
Instructor psychology, University of Illinois, 1926-1927; assistant professor psychology, U. Kansas, 1927-1928; associate professor, then professor, U. Nebraska, 1928-1940; director, Bureau Instructional Research, 1938-1940; professor psychology, University of Southern California, 1940-1967; professor emeritus, University of Southern California, 1967-1987.
Colonel United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association (president 1949-1950). Member Psychometric Society (president 1938-1939), National Academy of Sciences, Society Experimental Psychologists, Midwestern Psychological Association (president 1939-1940), Western Psychological Association (president 1946-1947), Southern California Psychological Association, California State Psychological Association, Society Multivariate Experimental Psychologists, California Color Society (president 1948-1949), Blue Key, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Psi Chi, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Ruth S. Burke, September 8, 1927. 1 child, Joan S.