Abraham Maslow By jennap247 Apr 1, 1908 Birth 1928 Married his first cousin, Bertha Goodman 1930 BA in psychology from UW-Madison 1931 MA in psychology from UW-Madison 1931 Wrote his thesis “learning, retention, and reproduction of verbal material” 1934 PhD in Psychology from UW-Madison Dec 1, 1937 Starts working at Brooklyn College 1943 Published "A Theory of Human Motivation" 1943 Proposed his famous "Hierarchy of need" theory 1950 Began working on humanistic psychology 1954 Published "Motivation and Personality" May 1, 1961 Founded Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1962 Published "Toward a Psychology of Being" 1967 Named Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association Jun 8, 1970 Death