William Alvin Hunt

Background

Hunt, William Alvin was born on November 10, 1903 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Alvin Ashbell and Mabel Stetson (Hodges) Hunt.

Education

AB, Dartmouth College, 1928; AM, Harvard University, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1931.

Career

Instructor, Dartmouth College, 1931-1933; assistant professor, Connecticut College for Women, 1933-1937; professor, Wheaton (Massachusetts) College, 1938-1945; professor psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1945-1967; department chairman psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1951-1967; professor, Loyola University, Chicago, 1967-1974; professor emeritus, Loyola University, Chicago, 1974-1986. Research scientist Learning Center, American U., 1974. Consultant clinical psychological Surgeon General Army, VA, 1946-1986.

Consultant assistant secretary defense, 1954-1986, Army Science Advisory Panel, 1956-1986. Consultant clinical psychological Surgeon General Navy, 1958-1986. Consultant National Security Agency, 1962-1986, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1975-1986.

Achievements

• William Alvin Hunt has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member research advisory committee National Council on Alcoholism, 1974-1986. Served to Commander United States Naval Reserve, World World War World War II. Fellow American Psychological Association (outstanding clinical award 1967, distinguished contributions award 1979, president division clinical psychology 1954, president division teaching 1951).

Member Society Experimental Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Delta Phi.

Connections

Son of Alvin Ashbell and Mabel Stetson (Hodges) H. M. Edna Reeve Bossen, June 15, 1929 (deceased April 1959). M. Diana Bengston Theobald, December 19, 1960 (divorced September 1978).

1 daughter, Margit.

Father:

Alvin Ashbell Hunt

Mother:

Mabel Stetson (Hodges) Hunt

Spouse:

Diana Bengston Theobald

Spouse:

Edna Reeve Bossen