Lawrence K. Frank
Lawrence Kelso Frank was an American social scientist, administrator, and parent educator, particularly known as vice-president of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and together with Frank Fremont-Smith initiator of the Macy conferences.
Background
- Born in
- Cincinnati
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityWayne State University
- Awards
- 🏆 Kurt Lewin Award
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"We are living the events which for centuries to come will be minutely studied by scholars who will undoubtedly describe these days as probably the most exciting and creative in the history of mankind.…"
"Past and future are but two aspects of behavior, the past being the persistent modifications in the behaving organism, and the future the controlling direction or pattern imposed upon the unfolding be…"
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Timeline
1890
Born
Birth1968
Died
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