Warren Robert Baller

Background

Baller, Warren Robert was born on June 19, 1900 in Trenton, Nebraska, United States. Son of Albert Ernest and Mary Louise (Taylor) Baller.

Education

AB, York College, 1923. Master of Arts, University Nebraska, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, University Nebraska, 1935.

Student, Columbia University, 1930. Student, University Minnesota, 1932. Doctor of Laws, George Williams College, 1961.

Career

Principal, Callaway (Nebraska) High School, 1923-1924; superintendent schools, Cheney, Nebraska, 1925-1928; teacher, York College, 1928-1934; dean, York College, 1933-1934; assistant professor educational psychology, U. Nebraska, 1936-1938; associate professor, U. Nebraska, 1938-1943; professor, U. Nebraska, 1943-1967; chairman, U. Nebraska, 1961-1967; director junior division, U. Nebraska, 1948-1950. Visiting professor education University of California at Los Angeles, 1955-1957, professor educational psychology California Western U., 1967-1968, United States International U., San Diego, 1968-1988. Fellow general education board University of Chicago, 1940-1941.

Visiting professor George Peabody College, summer 1941, Northwestern University, summer 1941, U. Florida, summer, 1950, University of California, summer, 1951, University Texas spring, 1949. Consultant child behavior and development, Lincoln, 1938-1988.

Achievements

• Warren Robert Baller has been listed as a noteworthy educational psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Psychology of Human Growth and Development

    (432 pages -- Holt, Rinehart and Winston New York)

  • Psychology of Human Growth and Development

    (Great book.)

  • Readings in the Psychology of Human Growth and Development
  • Readings in the Psychology of Human Growth and Development

Membership

Member American Psychological Association, Society Professors of Education (past president), Midwestern Psychological Association, Western Psychological Association, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Dorothy Gwendolyn Jensen, March 15, 1941. Children: William Warren, John Timothy, Elizabeth Claire.

Father:

Albert Ernest Baller

Mother:

Mary Louise (Taylor) Baller

Spouse:

Dorothy Gwendolyn Jensen

child:

Elizabeth Claire Baller

child:

William Warren Baller

child:

John Timothy Baller