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Henry Murray

American psychologist & academic.

Born May 13th, 1893 in New York City.

Died June 23rd, 1988 at 95 years old in Cambridge.

Occupations
psychologist, university teacher
Wikipedia

Henry Murray, a noted American psychologist and professor emeritus Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, died on June 23, 1988, at 95 years of age. Murray was born in 1888 in New York City. He received a Philosophy degree from Harvard University in 1911 and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1916. After serving in World War I, Murray returned to Harvard to complete his doctoral dissertation in 1921. He stayed on at Harvard to teach psychology, and from 1940 to 1949 served as chairman of the Department of Social Relations. He is remembered as the architect of the Harvard Psychological Clinic. Murray is credited with studiously researching techniques for personality assessment, particularly the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). He argued that the lifelong pattern of personality development for an individual was shaped by his or her struggle to achieve successful identity in areas of work, love, and play. Murray's clinical work, writings, and lectures inspired many experts in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and social work. Additionally, Murray served as a Major and medical doctor in World War II, worked as a professor of psychology and medical psychology at the University of Minnesota, and became chairman of the Department of Medical Psychology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1955. A gifted scholar, Murray was the recipient of many honors, awards, and honorary degrees and served as president of the American Psychological Association from 1953-1954. Murray is survived by his four children.

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson