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Chair of Psychology
Donald G. Marquis
The Michigan Alumnus 279
The Michigan Alumnus 279
Yale Scholar Accepts Campus Faculty Post
DR. DONALD G. MARQUIS, now Chairman of the Psychology Department at Yale University, has been appointed Chairman of the Psychology Department at the University of Mich igan, and will begin his duties at the beginning of the Fall Term. He was named to fill the vacancy left by Pro fessor Walter B. Pillsbury since his retirement in June 1942.
A native of Two Harbors, Minne sota, Dr. Marquis received an A.B. degree from Stanford University in 1928, and for the following two years he was a Fellow at that University.
From 1930-32, he was a Knight Fel low at Yale University, and received a Ph.D. from there. He has instructed at Yale since 1933, being named Chairman of the Department and Professor in 1941. He has also served as Ex ecutive Director of the Office of Psychological Personnel of the National Research Council.