Robert R. Holt
Robert Rutherford Holt (December 27, 1917 – April 10, 2024) was an American psychologist and peace activist who worked in psychoanalytic theory.[1]
Life and career[edit]
Robert Rutherford Holt was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on December 27, 1917.[2][3] He received a BA in 1939 from Princeton University, and MA in 1941 and a PhD in 1944, both from Harvard University.[4] He directed the Research Center for Mental Health at New York University from 1953 to 1971 and retired from NYU as a professor of psychology emeritus in 1989.[2]
Holt received the Bruno Klopfer Award in 1969. He died in Truro, Massachusetts, on April 10, 2024, at the age of 106.[2]