Background
Poffenberger, Thomas was born on August 9, 1921 in Pittsburgh. Son of Millard C. and Rebecca R. (Siviter) Poffenberger.
Poffenberger, Thomas was born on August 9, 1921 in Pittsburgh. Son of Millard C. and Rebecca R. (Siviter) Poffenberger.
Bachelor, Michigan State University, 1948. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1949. Doctor of Education in Counseling Psychology, Michigan State University, 1954.
Advanced fellow Merrill Palmer Institute, Detroit, 1949—1950. Associate professor and specialist family relations agricultural extension service Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1951—1953. Associate professor family sociology University California, Davis, 1953—1961.
Visiting professor child development University Baroda, India, 1961—1965. Consultant family planning Ford Foundation, New Delhi, 1965—1968. Senior specialist East-West Center, Honolulu, 1968—1969.
Professor education and population planning University Michigan School Public Health, Ann Arbor, 1969—1984, professor emeritus, 1984, director program in population planning, 1977—1979, private practice (part-time) clinical psychology Oregon, 1951—1953, California, 1961—1965. With United States Navy, 1942-1946.
Fellow: American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member: Society Applied Anthropology.
Married Shirley Briggs, August 30, 1947. 1 child Mark.