Background
Hunter, Walter Samuel was born on March 22, 1889 in Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of George and Ida (Weakley) Hunter.
Hunter, Walter Samuel was born on March 22, 1889 in Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of George and Ida (Weakley) Hunter.
Student Polytechnic College, Fort Worth, Texas, 1905-1908. Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas, 1910. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1912.
Honorary Master of Arts, Brown University, 1943.
Married second, Alda Barber, August, 1917;Barbara. Instructor philosophy, 1912-1914, adjunct professor psychology, 1914-1916, University of Texas. Professor psychology, University of Kansas, 1916-1925.
G. Stanley Hall, professor genetic psychology, Clark University, 1925-1936.
Professor psychology and director psychological laboratory Brown University, since 1936. Expert consultant to the United States Secretary War, 1941-1942.
Chief, applied psychology panel, North.D.R.C., 1943-1945, member 1945-1946. Member Moe sub-committee for Bush Report, 1944-1945.
Consultant Research and Development Board, since 1947.
Member Undersea Warfare Committee North.R.C., 1946-1951. Visiting professor Tulane University, 1915, State University of Iowa, 1920, University of Chicago, 1923, 30, University of California at Los Angeles, 1926, Northwestern University, 1927, Harvard, 1927-1929 and 1932, University of Minnesota, 1936. First Lieutenant, later captain Sanitary Corps, Psychology Division, United States Army, September 8, 1917-December 16, 1918.
Member Moe sub-committee for Bush Report, 1944-1945. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president and chairman Section I, 1932). Member American Psychological Association (council 1921-1923, president 1931), Eastern Psychological Association (president 1941), Society Experimental Psychology, International Congress Psychology (executive secretary 9th congress, international committee, since 1929), American Academy Arts and Science, 1933-1947, National Academy Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Member Social Science Research Council, 1943-1945.
Member division anthropology and psychology, National Research Council, 1926-1929, 1933-1936 and 1939-1942, chairman same division, 1936-1938. Member Research Board for National Security, 1945, Science Advisory Group, Headquarters A.A.F., 1946-1947.
. Clubs: Art, Faculty.
Married Katharine Pratt, January 1, 1913 (died April. Married second, Alda Barber, August, 1917.