Background
Miles, Walter Richard was born on March 29, 1885 in Silverleaf, North Dakota, United States. Son of Thomas Elwood and Sarah Caroline (White) Miles.
Miles, Walter Richard was born on March 29, 1885 in Silverleaf, North Dakota, United States. Son of Thomas Elwood and Sarah Caroline (White) Miles.
Bachelor of Science, Pacific College, Newberg, Oregon, 1906. Bachelor of Arts, Earlham College, 1908, Doctor of Science. (honorary), 1952; Master of Arts, Iowa State University, 1910, Doctor of Philosophy, 1913.
Master of Arts, honorary, Yale University, 1931.
Catharine M. Cox, September 9, 1927. Children—Anna (Mistress East. O. Jones III), Elwood Morris (deceased). Instructor psychology and in education, Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1908-1910.
Assistant and fellow in psychology.
State University of Iowa, 1911-1912. Associate professor psychology, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1913-1914.
Psychologist at Nutrition Laboratory Boston. Carnegie Institution of Washington, District of Columbia, 1914-1922.
Professor experimental psychology, Stanford University, 1922-1932.
Professor psychology, Yale University, 1931-1953, emeritus, 1953-1978. Professor psychology Istanbul University, 1954-1957. Science director United States Navy Medical Research Laboratory, United States Navy Submarine Base, Gorton, Connecticut, 1957-1965.
Fellow Jonathan Edwards College, Yale, 1935-1953.
Attending psychologist, New Haven Hospital and Dispensary, 1932-1954.
Member of the United States delegations to international conferences Howard Crosby Warren Medal (experimental psychology), 1949, gold medal American Psychological Foundation, 1962. Member American Philosophical Society, American Psychological Association, National Academy Sciences, Optical Society American, and others, past officer several. Member Society of Friends.
Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Elizabeth M. Kirk, September 1, 1908 (died July 2, 1925). Married second, Doctor. Children: Thomas Kirk, Caretta (Mistress F. L. Capers), Marjorie (Mistress R. Doctorate. McClelland).