Gesell, Arnold, 1880-1961

Psychologist and educator. Full name: Arnold Lucius Gesell.

From the description of Papers of Arnold Gesell, 1870-1971 (bulk 1910-1950). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78709411

Biographical Note

• 1880, June 21: Born Alma, Wisc.
• 1893 - 1896 : Attended Alma High School, Alma, Wisc.
• 1896 - 1899 : Attended Stevens Point Normal School, Stevens Point, Wisc.
• 1899 - 1901 : Taught at Stevens Point High School, Stevens Point, Wisc.
• 1901 - 1903 : Attended University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.; B.Ph. degree
• 1903 - 1904 : Principal, Chippewa Falls High School, Chippewa Falls, Wisc.
• 1904 - 1906 : Attended Clark University, Worcester, Mass.
• 1908 - 1910 : Professor of psychology, Los Angeles State Normal School, Los Angeles, Calif.
• 1909: Married Beatrice Chandler
• 1915: M.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Appointed Professor of Child Hygiene, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Conn.
• 1911 - 1948 : Founder and director of Yale Juvenile-Psycho Clinic, later the Yale Clinic of Child Development, New Haven, Conn.
• 1915 - 1919 : School psychologist, Connecticut State Board of Education
• 1919 - 1921 : Member, Connecticut Commission on Child Welfare
• 1922 - 1936 : Director, American Psychological Association
• 1924: Gesell's first film, The Mental Growth of the Pre-School Child, made by Pathé
• 1925: Published Mental Growth of the Pre-School Child. New York: Macmillan
• 1928 - 1930 : Established Photographic Research and Film Library, Yale Clinic of Child Development, New Haven, Conn.
• 1928 - 1940 : Director, American Child Health Association
• 1928 - 1948 : Attending pediatrician, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
• 1930: Became a member of Board of Permanent Officers, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Initiated program to produce Yale Films of Child Development
• 1932 - 1948 : Chairman, Department of Child Development, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1943: Published Infant and Child in the Culture of Today. New York, London: Harper and Bros.
• 1946: Published The Child from Five to Ten. New York, London: Harper and Bros.
• 1948: Retired as professor of child hygiene and director, Yale Clinic of Child Development, New Haven, Conn.
• 1948 - 1950 : Research associate, Child Vision Research, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
• 1948 - 1952 : Research associate, Harvard Pediatric Study
• 1950 - 1958 : Research consultant, Gesell Institute of Child Development, New Haven, Conn.
• 1952: President, American Academy of Cerebral Palsy
• 1956: Published Youth: The Years from Ten to Sixteen. New York: Harper
• 1961, May 29: Died, New Haven, Conn.

From the guide to the Arnold Gesell Papers, 1870-1971, (bulk 1910-1950), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)