Olga Bridgman

Olga Bridgman (March 30, 1886 – February 6, 1974) was an American physician and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley.

Early life Olga Bridgman was born in Jackson, Michigan, on March 30, 1886, the daughter of Edwin Chester Bridgman (1862-1929), a prominent newspaper editor, and Alma Louise Antonia Goecker (1862-1943). Her paternal family migrated from England to Connecticut in 1690.

In 1937 she was given an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Mills College.