6. He was only 21 years old and working on his master's degree at the University of Kansas when he attended the Congress. He received a PhD in psychology from Harvard in 1934 and later became chair of the Department of Psychology at Harvard, a position he held for many years. It was while he was at Kansas that he and his friend, "Bud" Lewis, developed the idea for an honor society that became Psi Chi.

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