Wilbert James McKeachie

Background

McKeachie, Wilbert James was born on August 24, 1921 in Clarkston, Michigan, United States. Son of Bert A. and Edith E. (Welberry) McKeachie.

Education

Bachelor, Michigan State Normal College, 1942. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1949.

Doctor of Laws, Eastern Michigan University, 1957. Doctor of Laws, University Cincinnati. Doctor of Science, Northwestern University, 1973.

Doctor of Science, Denison University, 1975. Doctor of Science, National Academy Education, 1977. Doctor of Science, Alma College, 1995.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), Hope College, 1985. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Shawnee State University, 1994.

Career

He served as president of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Foundation and the American Association of Higher Education. He was a longtime faculty member at the University of Michigan and is the author of a widely read textbook on college teaching. In 1950, McKeachie distributed a manual to his teaching assistants that covered educational strategies.

The manual evolved into McKeachie’s Teaching Tips.

McKeachie served as the 1976 president of the American Psychological Association (APA). He had been the president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2) in 1955-1956.

McKeachie was president of the American Psychological Foundation (Association des Paralysés de France) and he delivered the Association des Paralysés de France"s Arthur West. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology in 2011. He also chaired divisions of the American Association of University Professors, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Center for Social Gerontology.

McKeachie was an editorial board member for twenty journals.

Honors and awards East. L. Later life Doctor McKeachie continued to teach until the age of 85, when he had his hips and shoulder replaced. He said that the surgeries were a result of a 50-year career as a fast-pitch softball pitcher. He cited his three softball no-hitters in 1976, the year of his APA presidency, as proud moments.

Legacy Through 2004, it was awarded to an early career teacher or a graduate student.

The award has recognized graduate students since 2005, as a separate award honors early career teaching.

Achievements

• Wilbert James McKeachie has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Teaching Tips 11th Edition Plus Grabe Learning With Internet Tools

Politics

Churches should continually prioritize and monitor the progress in adequately representing the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of communities in local congregations and entities.

Views

Anyone may appear in hardship and poverty. Never give up in pursuit of happiness and one day you will find yourself in the right place, where God gives the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for.

Membership

Trustee Kalamazoo College, 1964-1977. Trustee-at-large American Psychological Foundation, 1974-1984, 92-96, president, 1979-1982. Officer United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945.

Member American Psychological Association (secretary, director, president 1976-1977, Distinguished Career Contribution to Education and Training in Psychology award 1987, E.L. Thorndike award for outstanding research, 1988), International Association Applied Psychology (president division educational instruction and school psychology 1982-1986), American Association Higher Education (director 1974-1980, president 1978), American Association of University Professors (president University Michigan chapter 1970-1971), American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman section on psychology 1976-1977), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Virginia Mae Mack, October 30, 1942. Children: Linda, Karen.

Father:

Bert A. McKeachie

Mother:

Edith E. (Welberry) McKeachie

Spouse:

Virginia Mae Mack

child:

Linda McKeachie

child:

Karen McKeachie