Irion, Arthur L.

Arthur L. Irion was born May 18, 1918, in Springfield, Missouri. Irion majored in psychology at the University of Missouri and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1939. Following graduation, Irion began graduate school at the University of Iowa (then the State University of Iowa) and finished his M.A. in 1941.

Irion joined the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946, starting as a private, moving to gunnery sergeant, and ending his military career as second lieutenant. Irion was part of a psychological group that developed verbal and motor skills tasks for pilot selection. After the end of the war, Irion returned to the University of Iowa and finished his Ph.D. in 1947.

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