Description
David P. Boder (1886-1961) was a psychology professor at the Lewis Institute (now Illinois Institute of Technology) (1927-52),
the trustee and executive director of the Psychological Museum in Chicago (1937-57), and the psychological consultant with
the war training program of IIT during World War II. He collected interviews with displaced persons in camps of France, Switzerland,
Italy, and Germany and studied victims of the Kansas City Flood (1951). In 1952, Boder became a research associate in psychology
at UCLA. The collection consists of correspondence, transcripts, manuscripts and printed items related to Boder's research
on displaced persons, and materials related to his tenure as the Director of the Psychological Museum in Chicago.
Background
Boder was born in Libau, Latvia, November 9, 1886; educated at Teachers College, Vilna, Lithuania, the University of Leipzig
(was briefly a student of Wilhelm Wundt), and the Psycho-Neurological Institute of St. Petersburg, 1907-12; MA, University
of Chicago, 1927; Ph.D, Northwestern University, 1934; was professor of psychology, National University of Mexico while also
director of psychological research and services at Penal Institutions, Federal District of Mexico, 1921-25; immigrated to
U.S., 1926; married Dr. Dora Neveloff, 1925; staff psychologist, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1927-33; instructor and
professor, Lewis Institute (now Illinois Institute of Technology), 1927-52; head, Department of psychology and philosophy,
Lewis Institute, 1935-40; trustee and executive director of Psychological Museum, Chicago, 1937-57; psychological consultant
with war training program of IIT during World War II; collected interviews with displaced persons in camps of France, Switzerland,
Italy, and Germany; studied victims of Kansas City Flood, 1951; Director of Psychology and Research, Department of Mental
Hygiene, Chicago Board of Health; participant in organization of Mental Hygiene Clinic, Ida B. Wells Public-Housing Project,
May-October 1952; became research associate in psychology, UCLA, 1952; fellow, American Psychological Association; died December
18, 1961.
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