Maslow

Birth

Apr 8, 1908

Abraham Harold Maslow is born

Educations

Dec 1, 1926

He attended City College then transfered to Cornell Univeristy in 1927 but dropped out after a semester due to low grades and high costs. He graduated from City College and went on to receive his undergrad from the University of Wisconsin for a psychology degree

Thesis

Dec 1, 1931

When attending UW he was an experimental-behaviorist. Due to the recommendation of Professor Hulsey Carson, he wrote his thesis “learning, retention, and reproduction of verbal material”. He completed his thesis in the summer and received his master’s in psychology. Due to him being embarrassed because the paper, he took it out of the psychology library and removed it from the listing.

Publication

Dec 1, 1934

Maslow's theory was released in two articles due to Carson's encouragement of his work.

Career

Dec 1, 1937

Maslow starts his career at Brooklyn College.

Inspiration

Dec 1, 1941

When America entered WWII he stayed at home and while there he started self-actualizing people. During this time he had 2 new mentors whom he admired so much that they became the basis for his research on mental health and human potential

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Apr 1, 1961

Founded Journal of Humanistic Psychology with Tony Sutich

Maslow's Hammer

Dec 1, 1966

A quote from his book "The Psychology of Science". Just something he's famous for.

Humanist of the Year

Dec 1, 1967

Named Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association.

Death

Jun 8, 1970

Had a heart attack while driving