BIOGRAPHY

• Abraham Harold Maslow had, perhaps, the most lonely and miserable childhood of any person discussed in this book. Born in Manhattan, New York, on April 1, 1908.
• Maslow was the oldest of seven children born to Samuel Maslow and Rose Schilosky Maslow
• He developed a close friendship with his cousin Will Maslow, an outgoing, socially active person. Through this relationship, Abe himself developed some social skills and was involved in several school activities
• After three semesters, he transferred to Cornell University in upstate New York partly to be closer to his cousin Will, who attended that school, but also to distance himself from his first cousin Bertha Goodman, with whom he fell in love.
• His introductory psychology professor was Edward B. Titchener, a renowned pioneer in psychology who taught all his classes in full academic robes.
• He regarded Titchener’s approach to psychology as cold, “ bloodless ” and having nothing to do with people.
• Another of Maslow’s mentors was Ruth Benedict, an anthropologist at Columbia University
• on June 8, 1970, he suddenly collapsed and died of a massive heart attack. He was 62.