Willard E. Caldwell was born July 10, 1920 in Flushing, Long Island, New York. Caldwell earned his A.B. (Artium Baccalaureatus) and M.A. at the University of Florida in 1941 and 1942 respectively. He attended Cornell University to work on his Ph.D. which he received in 1946. Caldwell was appointed Professor of Psychology at Mary Baldwin College in 1946-1947. In 1947 he was hired as assistant professor of psychology at George Washington University where he remained for 38 years. Caldwell also maintained a part-time private practice in Florida from 1954-1958.
Caldwell was co-editor of the textbook Principles of Comparative Psychology (1960). This book, initiated by Caldwell, represents the combined efforts of a group of psychologists working in the field of animal study to present the data and the interpretations of those data in this area.
Caldwell was awarded Professor Emeritus in 1985 and continued researching and writing into retirement. Caldwell died on December 14, 2008.
From the guide to the Willard E. Caldwell papers, 1938-2007, (Center for the History of Psychology)
