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Jacob Warren Getzels is born to a Jewish family in Bialystok, Poland.
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Getzels graduated from Brooklyn College
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Getzels earned his master's degress in comparative literature from Columbia University
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Getzels worked on the assessment staff of the U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services from 1942-1945
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Getzels earned his doctorate in social relations from Harvard.
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After earning his Ph.D. Getzels joins the faculty at the University of Chicago.
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Getzels published The Use of Theory in Educational Administration with Arthur Coladarci.
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Getzel represented the United States in a cultural mission to the Soviet Union.
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Getzels was a fellow at Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Palo Alto, CA
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Getzels publishes Creativity and Intelligence with Phillip Jackson.
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Getzels published Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, and Instruction in Theories of Learning and Instruction.
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Getzel was a member of the Research Advisory Council of the United States Office of Education from 1964-1967
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Getzels served on a Presidential Task Force on education
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Getzels published Administration as a Social Process with James Lipham
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Getzels was a member of the American Delegation on Education to the Organization for Econominc Cooperation and Development in 1969.
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Getzels published independently and with Csikszentmihalyi
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Getzel published The Creative Vision with Csikszentmihalyi
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Getzel received the Nicholas Murray Butler Medal from Columbia University
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Getzels cotinued to publish
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Getzels retires from teaching but continues researching and writing from his university office.
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Getzels received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his undergraduate alma mater, Brooklyn College
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Getzels published Creativity, Intelligence, and Problem Finding: Retrospect and Prospect in Frontiers of Creativity Research: Beyond the bBasics
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Jacob Warren Getzels died at the age of 89
