• Aaron Beck is Born

  • Graduated from Brown University

  • Earned Medical Degree from Yale

  • Married Phyllis Whitman

  • Took position at University of Pennsylvania

  • Began to explore other therapeutic techniques

  • Developed B.D.I

  • Became an associate professor

  • Period known as 'Cognitive Revolution' occured in psychology

  • Awarded full professor status

  • Wrote Depression: Causes and Treatments

  • Wrote Cognitive Therapy and Emotional Disorders

  • Wrote Prisoners of HAte: Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hate, and Violence

  • Wrote Anxiety Disorders and Phobias

  • Received Lasker Clinical Research Award

  • 91st Birthday