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Solomon Machover

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Solomon Machover
Born(1906-05-23)May 23, 1906
DiedJuly 1, 1976(1976-07-01) (aged 70)
NationalityAmerican
Occupationpsychologist
EmployerKings County Hospital Center
OrganizationPsychologists League
Spouse
Karen Alper
(m. 1936)
Children1 son
HonoursFellow of the Society for Projective Techniques and Rorschach Institute, Inc.

Solomon Machover (May 23, 1906 – July 1, 1976)[1] was an American psychologist.

Career

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As a young clinician at Bellevue Hospital, Machover collaborated with a small group of activists there (including his future wife Karen Alper) to found the Psychologists League. He was a member of the Communist Party caucus at Bellevue and became the first Chairman of the League. It was a Popular Front group with liberal, socialist and communist members that agitated for jobs and better treatment for psychologists [2] Machover became a full professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 1961.[3] In 1971, Machover was the chief psychologist at Kings County Hospital Center.

Awards and honors

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In 1948, Machover became a Fellow of the Society for Projective Techniques and Rorschach Institute, Inc.[4]

Personal life

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In 1936, Machover married psychologist Karen Alper from Minsk, Belarus. They had a son, Robert Machover.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Solomon Machover | July 1, 1976 Obituary". newspaperarchive.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  2. ^ Harris, B. (in press). "Down with Fascism, Up with Science": Activist Psychologists in the U.S., 1932-1941. History of Psychology.
  3. ^ "8 Profs Upped At Med Center". New York Daily News. July 3, 1961. Retrieved 2018-11-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "List of Members and Fellows of the Society for Projective Techniques and Rorschach Institute, Inc. as of December 1, 1950". Journal of Projective Techniques. 14 (4): 484–498. December 1, 1950. doi:10.1080/08853126.1950.10380351. ISSN 0885-3126.
  5. ^ "Karen Machover, Psychologist, Dies at 93". The New York Times. January 28, 1996. Retrieved 2018-11-29.