Background
Turner, William Donald was born on December 1, 1904 in Heyworth, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank and Hariet Emma (Cogswell) Turner.
Turner, William Donald was born on December 1, 1904 in Heyworth, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank and Hariet Emma (Cogswell) Turner.
Associate of Arts, Blackburn College, 1924. AB with highest honors, University Illinois, 1926. AM, Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1929.
Postgraduate, University Vienna, Austria, 1930.
Instructor in psychology, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1931-1935; research psychologist, Institute Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1936-1939; research psychologist, Cambridge (Massachusetts) Youth Study, 1939-1942; instructor psychology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1942-1943; management consultant, Edward N. Hay and Associations, Philadelphia, 1944-1948; professor, dean School Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1949-1968; department chairman behavioral science, Widener College, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1969-1972; private inventor in electronic music, Laurel, Maryland., 1972-1987.
Married Pearl Elizabeth Paulson, August 26, 1933 (deceased June 1977). Children: Phyllis Alma, Frank Nelson, John Paulson, James Carlson.