Background
Brogden, Wilfred John was born on May 6, 1912 in Sydney, Australia. Son of John and Elsie May (Taylor) Brogden.
Brogden, Wilfred John was born on May 6, 1912 in Sydney, Australia. Son of John and Elsie May (Taylor) Brogden.
Came to the United States, 1914, naturalized, 1926. Student Southern Methodist University, 1929-1932. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1933, Doctor of Philosophy, 1936.
National Research Council fellow Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1936-1937.
Research assistant in psychiatry Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1937-1939. Assistant professor psychology University of Wisconsin, 1939-1943, associate professor, 1944-1946, professor psychology, 1946-1973, assistant dean Graduate School, 1947, associate dean, 1951-1958. Visiting lecturer U. Rochester, summer 1942, Harvard, summer 1946.
Active research applied psychology panel National Defense Research Committee, 1942-1945 (awarded presidential certificate of appreciation, 1947).
Expert consultant to secretary national defense, 1947-1954. Member sub-panel on sensory functions Research and Development Board, 1947-1948, chairman, 1948, member panel on human engineering and psychophysiology, 1948-1954.
Emm. division anthropology and psychology National Research Council, 1948-1952, Chairman of Commission fellowship selection procedures.
Member professional advising committee on human resources United States Air Force, 1948-1950. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association (president division physiology and comparative psychology 1949. Member American Association University Professors, Psychonomics Society (organizing committee 1960.
Married Elinor Taylor Davis, September 8, 1935. Children: Penelope, Annual.