Florence Denmark

Florence Denmark
Born (1932-01-28) January 28, 1932
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fields Social psychology
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Known for Past president, American Psychological Association
Notable awards APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology

Florence Harriet Levin Denmark (born January 28, 1932) is an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA).[1][2]

Biography

Denmark was born in 1932 in Philadelphia[3] to an attorney and a musician. She studied history and psychology as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania and earned a PhD in psychology there as well.[4]

Denmark was the 1980 president of the APA. She has also served as president of the New York State Psychological Association and the International Council of Psychologists.[4] She holds a faculty appointment at Pace University and is on the board of directors for the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology at the University of Akron.[5] She was previously on the faculty at Hunter College.[6]

The Florence L. Denmark Award is awarded by the Psi Chi honor society to the nation's top faculty advisor.[7] In 1987, she received the first APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Sheehy, Noel; Chapman, Antony J.; Conroy, Wendy A. (2002). Biographical Dictionary of Psychology. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
  2. ↑ "Florence Denmark - Psychology's Feminist Voices". feministvoices.com. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  3. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=mY5WAAAAYAAJ&q=Florence+Denmark+1932&dq=Florence+Denmark+1932&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBGoVChMIsN7Is_2YyAIVw5uICh1ClwGh
  4. 1 2 "Florence Denmark". American Psychological Association. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Board of Directors". University of Akron. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ Adams, Virginia (August 18, 1979). "The fact that she is female". The Dispatch (Lexington). Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Psi Chi (International Honor Society For Psychology)". Fordham University. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ "August 29 in Psychology". American Psychological Association. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
Educational offices
Preceded by
Nicholas Cummings		 89th President of the American Psychological Association
1980-81 		Succeeded by
John J. Conger
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