The Later History Virtual Wing
This wing contains historical information from WWII and afterward.
The National Academy of Sciences has published a series of memoirs on key scientific figures. Some of those that I-O psychologists are familiar with include:
You can also read about Robert Glaser and George Miller, of 7+- 2 fame.
The Division 14 Member directories from 1951 and 1954 are available online:
You can read a biography of Thelma Hunt, a pioneering I/-O psychologist at the George Washington University, HERE.
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) conducted early research on personnel selection. A book on the OSS’s work is available online. A website with some photographs and an overview of the OSS’s work can be found HERE.
You can learn about the contributions of M. Scott Myers to I-O psychology HERE.
John “Jack” Hunter was an eminent SIOP Fellow known for his contributions to meta-analysis, validity generalization, and personnel selection, much of it in collaboration with Frank Schmidt. His biography is available online and you can listen to an MP3 audio interview here.
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Photographs of John Hunter and his wife, Rhonda Hunter. (Photographs and audio interview courtesy of Mark Hamilton.)
A humorous video advertisement for validity generalization can be viewed here. (Video courtesy of Mark Hamilton.)
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Here are two photographs of SIOP Past President Leonard W. Ferguson (courtesy of Barbara Jean Ferguson Needham).
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