Parapsychology Laboratory

  1. Parapsychology Laboratory
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1927 Duke Psychology Department established with William McDougall as Chair 1930 Extra sensory perception (ESP) research began in Psychology Laboratory 1934 Psychokinesis (PK) research began in Psychology Laboratory 1935 Parapsychology Laboratory established within Psychology Department; McDougall Research Fund created to support work of Laboratory 1937, Mar. Journal of Parapsychology inaugurated with J. B. Rhine as senior editor 1939 Journal of Parapsychology editorship transferred to G. Murphy and B. Reiss 1942 Journal of Parapsychology editorship returned to Parapsychology Laboratory, with Rhine as senior editor 1947 Parapsychology Laboratory moved out of Psychology Department and became Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University 1957 Parapsychological Association established at Duke under auspices of Parapsychology Laboratory 1960 1963 Psychical Research Foundation established, operating out of Parapsychology Laboratory 1962 Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man established in Durham with Rhine as Director 1965, Aug. Parapsychology Laboratory closed at Duke; moved to Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man as Institute for Parapsychology 1971 1972 Helmut Schmidt became Director of Institute for Parapsychology; Rhine remained Director of Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man 1973 1974 Jay Levy became Director of Institute for Parapsychology 1975 Rhine resumed Directorship of Institute for Parapsychology 1977 K. R. Rao became Director of Institute for Parapsychology 1895, Sept. 29 Born in Waterloo, Pennsylvania 1917 1919 Served in Marine Corps 1920, Apr. Married Louisa Ellen Weckesser 1922 B.S. in Biology from University of Chicago 1923 M.S. in Biology from University of Chicago 1923 1924 Research Fellow in plant physiology at Boyce Thompson Institute, Yonkers, NY 1924 1926 Instructor in Botany, West Virginia University, Morgantown 1925 Ph.D. in Biology from University of Chicago 1926, Fall Sittings with Minnie Soule for J. F. Thomas 1926 1927 Studied Philosophy at Harvard 1927, Fall Went to Duke on behalf of J. F. Thomas 1927 1929 Research Assistant to Thomas and McDougall 1928 1929 Instructor in Philosophy and Psychology 1929 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Duke 1930, Fall Began ESP experiments 1937 Professor of Psychology, Duke 1937 Founded Journal of Parapsychology with William McDougall 1950 Retired from teaching 1962 Established Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man in Durham 1965 Retired from Duke faculty 1979 Elected President of (London-based) Society for Psychical Research 1980, Feb. 20 Died, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Publications: Extra Sensory Perception (1934), New Frontiers of the Mind (1937), Extra-Sensory Perception after 60 Years (1940), Reach of the Mind (1947), New World of the Mind (1953), and Parapsychology: Frontier Science of the Mind (1957).

1910, Aug. 31 Born, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1931 B.A. from Duke 1932 1934 Worked at Parapsychology Laboratory 1933 M.A. in Psychology from Duke 1935 1937 Studied under Gardner Murphy at Columbia 1936 Ph.D. in Psychology from Duke 1936 Married Nellie Ruth Pratt 1937 Co-author of Handbook for Testing Extra-Sensory Perception 1938 Returned to Duke and full time work at Parapsychology Laboratory 1938 1940? Unpaid Instructor of Psychology at Duke 1940 Co-author of Extra-Sensory Perception After 60 Years 1942 1946 Served in U.S. Navy 1942 1963 Joint editor of Journal of Parapsychology 1946 Returned to Parapsychology Laboratory 1947 1963 Treasurer of Parapsychology Laboratory 1960 President of Parapsychological Association 1963, July 1 Left Parapsychology Laboratory 1964 1976 Professor of Psychiatry at University of Virginia 1964 1979 Research Associate at Division of Parapsychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia 1979, Nov. 3 Died outside of Charlottesville, Va.

From the guide to the Parapsychology Laboratory Records, 1893-1984, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
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