Background
Lifton, Walter M. was born on November 2, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel S. and Sarah G. (Berman) Lifton.
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Walter M. Lifton
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1942; Master of Arts, New York University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1950.
Career
Senior vocational appraiser Veterans Guidance Center, Hunter College, 1946-1948. Psychologist, research division New York University, 1948-1950. Associate professor education, guidance and counseling University Illinois, 1950-1959.
Director guidance publications and services Science Research Associates, Chicago, 1959-1963. Coordinator pupil personnel services Rochester City School District, New York, 1964-1970. Initial director, anti poverty program under president Johnson Rochester Monroe County, Rochester, New York, 1966—1968.
Professor education department counseling psychology and student development State University of New York-Albany, 1970-1982, professor emeritus, since 1982. Education and psychology consultant, since 1982. Distinguished visiting professor College Graduate Studies, West Virginia, 1985-1986.
Visiting professor, lecturer guidance and counseling 34 colleges universities. Consultant in field.
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Membership
Member White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1969-1970. Consultant Title III Elementary and Secondary Education Act project, Knox County, Tennessee, 1967. Interim director Action for a Better Community, Rochester, 1964-1965, Center for Cooperative Action in Urban Education, 1966.
Appointed to Durham County Youth Services Board, 1994-1997. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow Association for Specialists in Group Work (secretary since 1976, president 1980-1981, Eminent Career award 1986).
Member National Association Pupil Personnel Administrators (president 1970), National Vocational Guidance Association, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (board directors 1998-2001), First Unitarian Society Albany (board directors 1989-1992).
Connections
Married Ruth S. Knoppow, October 1, 1940 (deceased November 30, 2006). Children: Hazel Miriam Kroesser Palmer, Robert William.
