Leonard Doob
| Leonard William Doob | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 3, 1909 New York |
| Died |
March 29, 2000 (age 91) Hamden, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Professor, researcher, Director of Overseas Intelligence, US OWI in WWII, Psychology and Propaganda, Conflict Resolution, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Communications, Philosophy |
Leonard William Doob (March 3, 1909 – March 29, 2000), was the Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University, was a pioneering figure in the fields of cognitive and social psychology, propaganda and communication studies, as well as conflict resolution. He served as Director of Overseas Intelligence for the Office of War Information in World War II and also wrote several works intersecting cognition, psychology and philosophy.
Born on March 3, 1909 in New York, Professor Doob received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1929 and an M.A. from Duke University the following year. From 1930 to 1933, he studied psychology and sociology at the University of Frankfurt in Germany, taught at Dartmouth and then received a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1934. His dissertation, started in Germany, was a study of news propaganda.
He was an accomplished professor and scholar of Yale University from 1935 until resigning in 1999. In that time, he worked for the OWI during World War II, conducted several cross-cultural analyses and developed conflict resolution strategies in Africa and other conflict zones from the 1960s through the 80s, also publishing several compilations of African poetry during that time, and pioneered other works in psychology and philosophy up to the end of his long and prolific career. He was most active shortly before his death with his most recent book (Pursuing Perfection: People, Groups and Society) having been published in 1999.
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