Robert Morris Ogden

Robert Morris Ogden (1877–1959) was an American psychologist and academic. He served as the dean of the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences from 1923 to 1945. He was the first proponent of Gestalt psychology in the United States.

Early life Robert Morris Ogden was born on July 6, 1877, in Binghamton, New York. His father was James Sherman Ogden and his mother, Beulah Maria Carter. As Dean, he invited German-born psychologists Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Lewin to teach at Cornell. He served as the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Psychological Association from 1913 to 1916, and on its Council from 1918 to 1920. He also served as the chairman of section 1 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1936. Additionally, he served as the president of the Association of Colleges and Universities for the State of New York from 1936 to 1938. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa, and Psi Chi. Ogden was a cooperating editor of Psychological Bulletin from 1909 to 1929, and of the American Journal of Psychology from 1926 to 1959.

Personal life Ogden married Nellie Dorsey in 1905. They had a son, Jonathon Ogden, and two daughters, Mrs Stewart Hemingway and Mrs Frederick S. Brown.

Death He died of carcinoma of the pancreas on March 2, 1959, at the Tompkins County Memorial Hospital in Ithaca, New York.

Works An introduction to general psychology (1914) Hearing (1924) Psychology and education (1926) The psychology of art (1938)