Arthur T. Jersild

(1902-1994) lived in Blair, Washington County, and in Lincoln. Psychologist, educator, author, known as a pioneer in the research of emotional development of children and adolescents, authored and co-authored nearly 20 books, including Child Psychology (1933), considered a major text for four decades, and Psychology of Adolescence (1957), translated into several foreign languages; contributed to many professional journals and over 100 books during his tenure at Columbia University Teachers College from 1930 to 1967, served as consulting psychologist to Colombia Broadcasting System for 13 years. Consult Biographical Dictionary of American Educators, Vol 2 (Greenwood Press, 1978) 704-705 and Contemporary Authors-New Revision Series, Vol 21 (Gale, 1987) 209 and New York Times obituary, January 22, 1994, p. 10.

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