Background
Garth, Thomas Russell was born on December 24, 1872 in Paducah, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert and Jane Elizabeth (Campbell) Garth.
Garth, Thomas Russell was born on December 24, 1872 in Paducah, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert and Jane Elizabeth (Campbell) Garth.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Denver, 1909, Master of Arts, 1910. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1917.
1909; children—Thomas Russell, Francis Marion, and Ethel Nadine (adopted). Psychologist New York Post-Graduate School, 1912-1913. Assistant in education, State Normal School, Farmville, Virginia, 1913-1915.
Assistant principal New York Parental School, 1915-1916.
Principal Barton Heights School, Richmond. Virginia, 1916-1917; head department of education, State Normal School, Canyon, Texas, 1917-1919.
Adjunct professor psychology, University of Texas, 1919-1922. Professor education, University of Denver, 1922-1929, professor educational psychology, 1929-1930, professor experimental psychology, since 1930.
Professor in Summer School, University of Colorado, 1922, University of Texas, 1923.
Assistant Rockefeller Hookworm Investigation, 1912. Member University Race Commission, 1920. Head expedition to study color blindness of Indians, 1930-1931, to study foster Indian child in white homes, 1935-1937, also with various other expeditions to study psychology of the Indian, since 1919.
Specialist with United States Government in Indian Service School, 1936, 37.
Member University.
Married Ethel Nadine Tucker. Children: Thomas Russell, Francis Marion, and Ethel Nadine (adopted).