Carmichael, Leonard
1898 - Born on November 9th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. American psychologist and educator.
1924 - Carmichael received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and was teacher of psychology at Princeton, Brown, and Rochester successively.
1938 - He became president of Tufts.
1940 - He served as president of the American Psychological Association.
1952 - An outstanding administrator, Carmichael served as executive officer for the Smithsonian Institute, and was subsequently vice president for research and exploration at the National Geographic Society.
1953 - He became the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and was responsible for the modernization of the “nation's attic”.
1970 - He served as President of the American Philosophical Society.
1973 - Died on September 16th in Washington, D.C.
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