Robert R. Holt

Robert Rutherford Holt (December 27, 1917 – April 10, 2024) was an American psychologist and peace activist who worked in psychoanalytic theory.^[1]

Life and career

Robert Rutherford Holt was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on December 27, 1917.^[2][3] He graduated from The Hill School in 1935. He received a BA in 1939 from Princeton University, and MA in 1941 and a PhD in 1944, both from Harvard University.^[4] He directed the Research Center for Mental Health at New York University from 1953 to 1971 and retired from NYU as a professor of psychology emeritus in 1989.^[2]

Holt received the Bruno Klopfer Award in 1969. He died in Truro, Massachusetts, on April 10, 2024, at the age of 106.^[2]

References

1. "The 'Unknown Freud': Yet Another Exchange". New York Review of Books.
2. Recchio, Tom (2024-04-17). "Psychologist and Peace Activist Robert Holt Dies at 106". The Provincetown Independent. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
3. Directory -American Psychological Association. American Psychological Association. 1962. p. 348.
4. "Interview with Robert R. Holt by Carlo Bonomi". International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Volume 17, Issue 4, 2008.