Wayne Harold HOLTZMAN

Background

Holtzman, Wayne Harold was born on January 16, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harold Hoover and Lillian (Manny) Holtzman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1944. Master of Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, California, 1950.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1980.

Career

Assistant professor psychology University Texas, Austin, 1949-1953, associate professor, 1953-1959, professor, 1959—2003, dean College Education, 1964-1970, Hogg professor psychology and education, 1964—2003, professor emeritus, since 2003. Associate director Hogg Foundation Mental Health, 1955-1964, president, 1970-1993, special counsel, 1993-2003. Director Social Science Research Council, 1957-1963, Centro de Investigationes Sociales, Mexico, 1960-1970.

Consultant United States Air Force, science advisory board, 1969-1971. Basic research committee National Research Council, 1968-1971. Behavioral science study section United States Public Health Service, 1957-1959, member mental health study section, 1960, chairman personality and cognition research review committee, 1968-1972.

Research advisory panel Society Security Administration, 1961-1962. Latin America advisory board International Business Machines Corporation, 1985-1989. Director World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Mental Health for Texas and Mexico, 1993-2003.

President Austin Project, 2001-2003. Board directors Menninger Clinic, 1982-2010. Commissioned ensign United States Naval Reserve, 1944, Northwestern University Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, anti-aircraft gunnery officer United States Naval Reserve, Pacific, lieutenant (jg.) United States Naval Reserve, 1945, flag lieutenant to admiral oscar badger to admiral roper United States Naval Reserve.

Achievements

• Wayne Harold Holtzman has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Personality Development in Two Cultures (The Hogg Foundation Research Series)

    (The outgrowth of an extensive investigation of the differ...)

  • Personality Development in Two Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Longitudinal Study of School Children in Mexico and the United States

    (Personality Development In Two Cultures: A Cross-Cultural...)

  • Computer-Assisted Instruction, Testing, and Guidance

Membership

Trustee Educational Testing Service, Princeton, 1972-1974, 77-80, 83-86, J.W. and Cornelia Scarborough Foundation, 1977-1982, Center for Applied Linguistics, 1978-1980, Salado Institute Humanities, 1980-1985, Population Institute, 1979-1985, Population Resource Center, 1980-2006, chairman board directors. Director Science Research Associates, 1975-1988. President, board directors Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 1974-1975.

Member advisory committee computing activities National Science Foundation, 1970-1973. Member computer science and engineering board National Academy of Sciences, 1971-1973, chairman panel on selection and placement of mentally retarded students, 1979-1982. Chairman interdisciplinary cluster on social and behavioral development President's biomedical Research Panel, 1975-1976.

Board directors Foundation's Fund for Research in Psychiatry, 1973-1977, chairman, 1976-1977. Director Conference of Southwest Foundation, 1976-1984, president, 1978-1979. Member national advisory mental health council Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, 1978-1981.

Member academy information system advisory council International Business Machines Corporation, 1982-1985. Board trustees Menninger Foundation, 1982-2010. Board directors Menninger Clinic 1988-2010.

Chairman, 1994-1997, director emerotus, since 2010. Fellow American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Texas Psychological Association (president 1957), Southwest Psychological Association (president 1958), American Statistical Association, Inter-American Society Psychology (president 1966-1967), American Educational Research Association, International Union Psychological Sciences (secretary-general 1972-1984, president 1984-1988, executive committee 1972-1992), Philosophical Society Texas (president 1982-1983), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Photography, gardening, travel, swimming.

Connections

Married Joan King, August 23, 1947. Children: Wayne Harold, James K., Scott E., Karl H.

Father:

Harold Hoover Holtzman

Mother:

Lillian (Manny) Holtzman

Spouse:

Joan King

child:

Scott E. Holtzman

child:

Karl H. Holtzman

child:

Wayne Harold Holtzman

child:

James K. Holtzman