Abraham Maslow

  • Birth

    Born in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Enrolled at the City College of New York Enrolled in evening classes at the Brooklyn Law School.

  • Transferred to Cornell University

  • Transferred to the University of Wisconsin; marries Bertha Goodman

  • Received his BA from the University of Wisconsin

  • Received his MA from the University of Wisconsin

  • Received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin and continues to teach there

  • Moved to Columbia University to work with Edward Thorndike; began his Research on human sexuality

  • Moved to Old Brooklyn College

  • Suffered a heart attack

  • Returned to Brooklyn College

  • Moved to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts to serve as chairman of Psychology department

  • Motivation and Personality is published

  • Established the American Association of Humanistic Psychology; went to Non- Linear Systems, Inc., as a visiting fellow; Toward a Psychology of Being is published

  • Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences is published

  • Eupsychian Management is published

  • The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance is published

  • American Humanist Association Humanist of the Year

  • Toward a Psychology of Being is published; offered a fellowship by the Saga Administration Corporation

  • Died in Menlo Park, California

  • The Farther Reaches of Human Nature is published; received the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal Award