Background
Pratt, Joseph Gaither was born on August 31, 1910 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Monroe and Mattie Elizabeth (Hauser) Pratt.
Pratt, Joseph Gaither was born on August 31, 1910 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Monroe and Mattie Elizabeth (Hauser) Pratt.
Bachelor of Arts, Duke, 1931, Master of Arts, 1933, Doctor of Philosophy, 1936.
Research associate, research staff parapsychology laboratory Duke, 1937-1963. Inspector engineer General Motors Corporation, 1942-1943. Research associate psychiatry University of Virginia Medical School, 1964-1965, associate professor psychiatry, 1970-1973, professor, 1973-1979.
Special research problem extrasensory perception.
President Psychical Research Foundation, Durham.
Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Parapsychol. Association (president 1960.
Married Nellie Ruth Pratt, June 14, 1936. Children: John Herman, Vernon Gaither, Joseph Marion, Ellen Wilson.